I've just got off the phone with the facility where Julie was living. She passed away a couple of weeks ago. I'd been trying her cell phone and not getting an answer; also her home phone. Last time I spoke to nursing staff, about 3 weeks ago, it didn't sound good, but I was hopeful.
This is so damn sad...she was a very private, intense person...a librarian and also expert saddlemaker, from what I remember reading in the past and from my visits with her on the phone (not very many of them, I regret to say.)
May she find peace and comfort in release from the long struggle. Love you Julie.