Hi! Many of you probably knew Kay Simpson. She was active in lots of communities and had many friends. in October of 2020 we lost her to Crutzfeldt-Jacob disease, a rapidly progressive, always fatal, and very rare prion disease characterized by the rapid onset of dementia, blurred or double vision, hallucinations, loss of balance and coordination, and a handful of other devastating symptoms. The CDC says that CJD usually leads to death within 1 year of the onset of symptoms. For Kay, it was about 8 weeks. 8 weeks, from the first time we noticed she wasn't quite herself, to her departing our world. Many days we still can't believe it.