In loving memory of my mother, Joyce.

It is with great pain and regret that my family and I, announce the passing of my mother, Joyce Loraine Ramsuchit. Her medical journey over the past couple of months was hard fought and I can say that we truly exhausted all available resources to ensure she got the best of medical care, coming down to these final months.

My mother underwent treatment for a Stanford type A aortic dissection in March of this year. I spent my birthday wheeling her around the hospital, ensuring she got her labs and imagining done, to make the surgical deadlines. Those close to us know that this wasn’t an easy feat, and despite the odds that were against her, she pulled through and spent 1 month in the ICU. While there, she was deeply loved by all her nurses and doctors, all of whom are devastated at the turn of events.

While in the ICU, I’ve seen my mother at her lowest of lows. I’ve seen her crying, doubting if she’ll ever get to leave the hospital to flat out refusing to eat. I’ve fed her, cleaned her, and tried my best to emotionally support her. She doesn’t know that I’ve doubted myself many times on whether I could take care of her. However, the kind words of friends, family and even complete strangers kept us both going.

My mother was completely unaware of the feat she’d accomplish by recovering from such a massive procedure. As she was only concerned about how she looked, completely unaware of the gravity of what she survived.

As most of you might’ve imagined, the financial toll of her treatment continues to bear a burden on my family, as I continue to pay off her medical debts many months later. This has now been made exponentially worse by her all of her funeral expenses. Therefore, any support through this page or to me personally, helps me to repay her funeral expenses, in addition to accessory costs and her previous medical debt.

I don’t see my mom’s passing as defeat. For the collaborative efforts of my family and friends truly made this a victory in my eyes, despite the outcome.

Her memory continues to live on in everyone she’s inspired and, in our hearts, forever.

I can only wish that I get to be her son again, in another life. I love you mom.

-Cheddi