WINDOW ROCK, Ariz.—Maggie Billiman devoted her career to nursing and serving others, offering compassionate care to terminally ill patients during their final days.
It was a journey filled with empathy and understanding. At the end of each patient’s life, Billiman held their hand and said a prayer to ease their suffering.
There would come a time when she, too, would face the daunting prospect of a serious illness—one that she had spent so many years helping others confront.
Recent medical imaging has indicated the presence of abnormal cysts on her liver, pancreas, and thyroid, and it appears that they may be growing….