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ONE DOLLAR MAYSVILLE, KENTUCKY | WWW.MAYSVILLE-ONLINE.COM SATURDAY, 05.12.2012
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F R I E N D U S O N F A C E B O O K A N D F O L L O W U S O N T W I T T E R
PONTO THE OFFICE DOG SAYS:A Japanese man has designed a fork with four tines — and a thumb. This would be more inter-esting if he had made it opposable.
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WEST UNION, Ohio | For the last two years, an Adams County single mother of four has battled cancer, financial woes, and a tragic disease afflicting her two youngest children, but she endures to continue the fight, according to her closest friends.
Megan L. Carroll, 38, of West Union, said, one of her biggest fears is she will loose her battle against cancer and leave her children alone.
She has four children, Abi-gail, 14, Amelia, 4, and 2-year old twins, Emma and Quin-tin. The twins suffer from a rare digestive disorder, with Emma’s being the most se-vere. Both are fed with tubes through their intestines. Emma has not been able to process food in her stomach since she was six days old, and she had developed sev-eral more life-threatening ill-nesses.
Carroll was diagnosed with cancer in 2010. She also must receive treatments. Unfortu-nately, she is the sole provider and caretaker of her family but she is unable to work.
“I graduated from Christ Hospital’s school of nursing in 2004, and made my career taking care of others. Now, it
is my family I use that degree for ... all of Emma’s feeds, and medications are solely through her tube. And any exposure to germs can be a life or death situation for her,” Carroll said.
“This is not just a story, it is our story. I am the mother of four beautiful children. There is nothing greater than being a mother. And when faced with these challenges that we know will be for a lifetime, there is such a bond. I hang on their every milestone. Make an im-print of every smile. I know the uncertainty I face with Emma, I have witnessed it first hand,” Carroll said.
“And I know this will never change for my Emma, our lives will be like this forever. Right now she looks healthy, but un-der her clothes are scars. And her disease will never go away, will not heal,” Carroll said.
Karen Harover Campbell of Aberdeen, said Carroll de-serves to be the “Mother of the Year” because of how she has dealt with this tragedy.
“When people, and my friends, call me super mom, I laugh. For I wish kryptonite were my only weakness. I do what God put me here to do. I fight for them. I nurture them. I love them unconditionally. I pray that my own battle will end soon, and successfully, so the weight of the worry of
leaving them behind can be lifted,” Carroll said.
“My twin babies were born February 2010, and Emma’s problems began immediately ... then by January of 2011, the
man I adored succumbed to the pressure of it all, and we were left with nothing.
SINGLE MOM STAYS STRONG FOR CHILDREN
Emma
PHOTOS PROVIDED Megan Carroll and Quintin
WENDY MITCHELL [email protected]
Traffic is flowing again on Ken-tucky 8, west of Maysville after being rerouted for more than five days due to a landslide.
Although the road is open, motorists should expect more stabilization efforts by Kentucky Transportation Department crews to cause travel delays next week, officials said.
One lane closure travel is planned for part of next week, of-ficials said.
Kentucky 8 reopens after landslideREPAIRS TO CONTINUE MAY 15 WITH LANE CLOSURES
WENDY MITCHELL [email protected]
FLEMINGSBURG | After about two years of paperwork and physi-cal labor, the city of Flemingsburg is ready to dedicate a new recre-ation area.
The grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony for the walking trail at Flemingsburg City Park will be 4 p.m., May 15 at the park, of-ficials said on Friday.
The park is part of the City Park Reservoir on McAvoy Way, said Dennis Masters, Flemingsburg Public Works supervisor.
FLEMINGSBURG
Happy trails: City park trail grand opening May 15
JIM KUHNHENN AND KASIE HUNTAssociated Press
RENO, Nev. | The presidential candidates tried to put aside po-litically risky talk of gay rights Fri-day and return to Americans’ top worry, the economy, in two states critical to the hopes of President Barack Obama and his rival Mitt Romney.
Obama planned to talk about how to help homeowners trying to avoid foreclosure in hard-hit Nevada, while Romney was talking jobs in North Carolina — more evi-dence that each views the sluggish economic recovery the key issue in November’s election.
Obama, Romney trying to refocus on economyAFTER GAY RIGHTS ISSUES OVERTOOK CAMPAIGNS
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TERRY PRATHER PHOTOS, THE LEDGER INDEPENDENTFrom left to right, Thomas Massie, Tom Wurtz, Walt Schumm and Brian D. Oerther answer question Friday during a question and answer ses-sion in the Washington Opera House in Maysville.
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