On November 16, 2015 our lives changed forever. We received a call from our mother, Barbara Green's doctor stating that "the ct scan showed some concerning images of her brain and we would like you to take her to the nearest hospital for further testing". She mentioned Creutzfelt-Jakob disease and I remember her telling me "not to look it up because it sounds really scary online". Well the first thing I did was look it up and I remember my heart sinking down to the pit of my stomach. I told my boss I had to leave work that day, and my sister and mother met me at the hospital. After a long night of multiple tests and brain scans, I remember the doctor coming into the room and confirming the diagnosis. He told my sister and I that we might want to start looking for hospice care because the disease had progressed to the later stages and she only had approximately 6 months to live. He also stated that there were no cures or treatments to slow the progression of the disease and there was little information on the pathology of the disease. We were devastated but my sister looked for hospice care and moved our mom into her families home. On December 20th 2015, one month after she was diagnosed God called her home. Barbara Green was the strength, the light, the smile, the laughter, the glue to not only our family but friends and strangers she came in contact with. She had a heart pure of gold and would go out of her way to take care of people she didn't even know. She loved her family and felt so much joy to see everyone happy and with a smile on their face. This cause is important to us because if we can help contribute to the research that can maybe save another person's life or slow down the progression of this disease than we know in our hearts that our mom will be smiling down from heaven. There is nothing we can do to bring our mother back but we can give it our all to ensure other families may not have to experience what we did.