Milton woman wants to grant daughter‘s wish to die at home By Julle Slack CANADIAN CHAMPION. STAFF Tina Brake knows her daughter doesn‘t have much longer to live. The Milton mother calls Candi, 34, "the beat of my heart." "I‘ve always said that," said Brake. "We‘ve always been close." Candi was 14, just about to graduâ€" ate from Grade 8, when she was told she had cancer â€" a deadly, fastâ€"growing, . aggressive . cancer that doctors knew little about. There have only been 50 cases in the past 100 years of Wolfhan Duct tumours and Candi is one of them. She was initially given six months to Twenty years later, her battle is slowly winding down. Weak and h 1 live, but managed to defy the odds. Dheurctdta:'?‘oï¬rss « Tina Brake kisses her 34â€"yearâ€"old daughter Candi on the forehead. The local mom is doing everything she can to dying wish â€" to take her last breath from the comforts of her Milton home. Candi suffers from Wolffian which have ravaged her body. She‘s been bettling this rare type of cancer for 20 years. Her days are now www.danknowsmilton.com 0: 416â€"534â€"3511 * D: 416â€"970â€"7325 Deal with a local Realtor; Deal with DAN!!! Ontario Disability Support Program doesn‘t go very far to keep them livâ€" ing in their rented Milton home. Candi, said Brake, has gone through 10 years of clinical trials â€" exhaustâ€" ing every type of chemotherapy drugs available. There‘s none left to try and Candi‘s too sick anyway. "We know this is likely her last, her last Christmas and her last New Years" she added. "She shouldn‘t have to be sitting and stressingâ€" about this (finances)." Brake has already sold her business Z, â€" Dream Catcher Stables, which 2. specialized in South Asian wedâ€" & dings, providing decorated white§ MMM | NOLIdWVHI temple. She sold the last of her horses and 3 used her savings to keep Candi at home in love and comfort. ‘ "I‘ve sold everything that | can... cashed my savings bond, the penâ€" sion plan â€" that didn‘t work out so well" Brake said. "I‘m between a rock and a hard spot paying / for unending medical bills and living expenses. "I‘ve sold off assets and I‘ve been trying to survive ever since." She said it‘s embarrassing for her to beg for money, especially since she‘s always been a hard worker, carrying two or three jobs at a time. "I‘m the one doing fundraisers â€" I started the Country Heritage Park Christmas fundraiser; I‘m the one L fulfill numbered. Julie Slack /Canadian e o i t o o i s s s en t es uo. in constant pain, it appears Candi her only wish and a mother‘s final | ed nearly two decades earlier. No | in property management to care | doing the walks for cancer, the Ride won‘t live much longer and Brake is | act of love. doing everything she can to ensure It‘s clear that Candi has entered the | treatment has been exhausted. \ final stage that doctors had predictâ€" es ® N +. f M .4 8 . ie 3 ~a 2 e ) i JP MA 9 . s * 3 seA featle"" . & n 2 her daughter gets to die at home â€" ppliance HOUSE 547 Main St. E. U c Milton 905â€"876â€"8988 v.applancenoust l _/ +W BOXING WEEK sTARTS NOW! i U While Quantities lLast! I.v ï¬.;{‘,’:‘;ay\ m v .f t“ -.v;“’;"’i"'. L a S ‘* s 35 KX . 4#A § % 1 mm s i 4* . k uns j . § 3 SAVE ©301 ©OB more surgery is possible and every for her daughter at home, is at the | and Stride â€" anything that could end of her rope and she‘s broke. The help raise money." Brake, who‘s given up her career | little the Brakes receive from the | Over the years, Candi has been While Quantities Last! a tz Te L 2 & § § B s # & 5 horses to. bring the groom to the S , cce ie