01/11/2024
Thought we would take a moment to give some details to what helped us in our long long multiple multiple conversations & final decision to step away from the Polk Corner Store & Deli/ Amato Pizzeria.
We have now owed & operated the store for 3 1/2 years now.
In that time both Angelene & I have lost our dad's then In July 2021, I had Sudden Cardiac Death where I was in asystole 3 times. The chance of surviving that is SO RARE. I had a pacemaker/defibrillator implanted at that time to hopefully prevent Cardic Arrest again. Just as I was on the upside of recovering my wife of 28 1/2 years been a couple for 31 years received a devastating diagnosis in November of 2022. She has been diagnosed with Advanced stage 4 terminal colo/rectal paratenial carcinomatosis cancer. At the time she had an emergency surgery placing a colostomy. Where we were given grim life expectancy. We dug for options.
We got connected with an oncologist in Cleveland that said a surgery was possible to help with life expectancy, so Angelene went through 6 months of Chemo treatments
August 2023, Angelene had a surgery removing ALL of her female organs, spleen, gallbladder, ALL of her large intestine, a chunk of her liver, & a significant piece of her right diaphragm.
A illiosomy replaced her colostomy because she now has no large intestine. A VERY VERY LARGE SURGERY for all at once. They said they removed all the cancer they could see. Now to January 2024. Angelene is 3 rounds into her 2nd 6 month series of Chemo because the nasty has returned. Obviously well before expected. So with that said & this is short expectation we have decided to let the store go & do everything we can to spend as much time as possible with each other with the smallest amount of stress as possible.
Angelene has been my best friend, my partner in everything in life for over 2/3 of my life. I owe it to her to give her as much time as I can
Selling of the building is being discussed as we have a several asking & wanting more information. Could the store stay, it's possible but not by us
Thanks for understanding