Joey Feek, one-half of the country/bluegrass duo known as Joey + Rory, has been in a “deep sleep” for a few days now, and hospice caregivers told husband Rory she has a few days–at most–to live.
Battling cancer since her 2014 diagnosis, Joey Feek fought a good fight. She told husband Rory Feek last week she was done fighting.
'One last kiss': Joey Feek says goodbye to little girl, drifts into 'deep sleep' https://t.co/Jyl0xqNevi pic.twitter.com/qiVACzTWXH
— TODAY (@TODAYshow) March 1, 2016
“Joey has done all she set out to do… even right to the very end, and by sheer will-power (and God’s grace), she was still here to to see our baby’s 2nd birthday. Over the last number of weeks her pain had gotten worse and her health had continued to decline rapidly. And not long after Indy’s birthday my wife decided that ‘enough is enough’. She was ready to stop fighting and she told me so. She said the flowers would soon be blooming back in Tennessee. It’s time to go home,” Rory Feek posted on his blog, This Life I Live, on Monday.
“Joey gathered her family together around her and she said goodbye to each of them… to her mother and father and her three sisters. There were lots of tears as she explained to each one how much she loved them and that she was going to be going home soon. That her time here was done and she was going to go to sleep soon. And then she asked me to bring our baby in. And so… I set our little Indy on Joey’s lap and we all cried with my wife as she told her how much her mama loved her and, ‘…you be a big girl for your papa… and that mama will be watching over you.’ And then she pulled Indiana up and she kissed her,” he added. “One last kiss.”
Rory went on to write that his better half–Joey Feek–is truly nearing the end.
Country singer Joey Feek falls into ‘deep sleep’ after giving daughter ‘one last kiss’ https://t.co/3vukPiQJAe pic.twitter.com/t0lnSt1NyY
— Zap2it (@Zap2it) March 1, 2016
“My wife has been asleep for days now and her body is shutting down quickly. The hospice nurse came again this morning and said Joey will most-likely only be with us for a few more days… at the most,” he wrote.
“A few more days…In the 40 short years that Joey has lived, my bride has accomplished many great things…she’s lived a very full life. But even more than that, she has loved those around her greatly and been loved greatly in return. I can honestly say that Joey’s isn’t just a life well-lived, it’s a life well-loved,” Rory wrote.
“God only gives each of us a certain amount of time to be on this earth and every day when we wake up, we get to decide how we are going to spend those precious minutes and hours. There are no do-overs, no second-chances, no next-time-around’s to get it right. Joey knew this and she has made each and every day count. One of the last things Joey said before she drifted into the deep sleep she’s been in for a few days now is, ‘I have no regrets… I can honestly say, that I have done everything I wanted to do and lived the life I always wanted to live,'” Rory shared.
Joey Feek is in a deep sleep—singer is down to her last days after battling terminal cancer https://t.co/0w0ptbl21W pic.twitter.com/ngXJnV2fe1
— People Magazine (@people) March 1, 2016
Joey Feek lived long enough to realize some milestones in recent weeks, most of which no one believed she’d live to see. She lived to see the release of the new Joey + Rory album, and she learned it hit number one on the Billboard Country charts. She lived to see a Joey + Rory song announced as a nominee on the Grammy Awards. She spent one last romantic Valentine’s Day with her beloved Rory. And she lived to see their sweet little girl, Indiana Feek, celebrate her second birthday.
#RoryFeek says wife #JoeyFeek has only a few days left to live https://t.co/AHJkEMEmBd pic.twitter.com/DB4GKKOLrJ
— Perez Hilton (@PerezHilton) March 1, 2016
Joey Feek has fought the good fight and she doesn’t want to fight any more. She believes strongly she will soon be in Jesus’s loving arms. The strong Christian faith Rory and Joey Faith have long shared will help keep Rory strong in the dark days ahead.