Joey Feek Cancer: Country Singer Bidding Farewell To Who? [VIDEO]
Though it’s hard to say goodbye, Joey Feek stands firm as she bids goodbye to her close friend whom she meet eight years ago.
Country singer Rory Feek recently wrote on his blog a touching post on Saturday, Jan. 16 about his terminally ill wife, Joey Feek, being “inconsolable” over saying goodbye to her best friend, Julie Zamboldi.
"Joey's best friend Julie has been here for a week and was supposed to leave this evening and fly back home to Oregon where she and her husband Joe lives," Rory wrote. "But this morning, as I sat beside my wife, and Julie started packing her things... Joey's tears began to fall."
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According to Us Weekly, Zamboldi met the couple, who performed as the duo Joey + Rory, nearly eight years ago at their first Big & Buckle Festival. Joey and Zamboldi soon became very close friends.
"I put my arms around her and asked what was wrong," Rory wrote of his wife, who is in hospice care. "As her lips quivered and she tried to catch her breath, the tears streamed down her cheeks and Joey said, 'I don't think I will ever see her again.'"
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“Like an angel from heaven, it was as if God sent Julie to us. To her,” Rory continued. “But none of us exactly knew why, until the cancer showed up again this summer.”
"It is safe to say that Julie is our biggest fan," he shares.
After the 40-year-old singer was diagnosed with stage IV cervical cancer in 2004, both the couple decided to stop the chemotherapy in October and her cancer returned which spread throughout her colon. The country croner also reveal, that even during those tough times her friend Zamboldi stay graciously beside her. When Joey started losing her hair, Zamboldi shaved her own head to show her support for her best friend.
“Months later and as Joey’s condition has continued to improve, then worsen, again and again ... Julie has made three trips to Washington and is back here with us again,” Joey added. “She’s been here all week, helping Joey’s sister Jody take care of my wife and me and everyone else. She cooks, she cleans, changes the baby’s diaper, and does any and everything else that she can find to do that needs to be done while we’re living here out of suitcases ... not waiting for someone we love to die. But helping the woman we all love to live.”
Meanwhile, Rory’s been updating on his blog about his wife health update from her hometown of Alexandria, Indiana, where she is in hospice. The pair has a 23-month-old daughter, Indiana.
