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I'm Tracey's husband, Chris. I know she was active on this forum and felt obligated to let everyone who interacted with her know that she passed away last night. She had been in the hospital continuously almost two months. At first there was great excitement that her leukemia went into remission almost immediately. However, in the following weeks she started developing increasingly frequent fevers and bouts of nausea. About a week ago she developed pneumonia, probably through aspiration after vomiting, and then her condition deteriorated very rapidly over the weekend. She was fitted with a breathing mask and then put on a ventilator, but she continued developing more opportunistic infections until the situation became hopeless. Through it all she showed remarkable strength and fortitude. She died peacefully, in the presence of her family, but it was nevertheless a terrible ordeal for all, as she couldn't communicate and was in obvious distress. The various infections she contracted and procedures she was put through made her almost unrecognizable, but her eyes told us that she loved us all and would miss us. We will cherish her memory forever. Thank you all for giving her the hope and support she needed to try and beat this. While ultimately she did not prevail, you kept her spirits up and made it possible for her to keep fighting. God bless you all.