For country singer Joey Feek, who is battling terminal cancer, the holidays were bittersweet. After being admitted into hospice care in November, the singer of the husband-and-wife country music duo Joey + Rory has been living out her last days surrounded by her family. And even though she reached her goal of spending Christmas with her loved ones, her husband Rory said that it was a "rollercoaster" of emotions for his wife.
Rory updated fans on his wife's condition in a new blog post published on Tuesday titled "Seeing The Light." He opened up about how she felt during Christmas and revealed she had "some good days and some bad days."
"Though she managed a smile most of the time, Joey's heart was heavy and she was feeling some things she hadn't before...A sadness," the 49-year-old wrote in his blog post. "A fear of the unknown. And even some anger - not at God, just at her situation I suppose. It's not easy for her to be as excited about what the new year holds in store as it was last year."
Joey, 40, was diagnosed with cervical cancer in May 2014, as previously reported by HNGN. After undergoing a hysterectomy and vigorous chemotherapy and radiation treatments, doctors told her that the cancer had spread. She decided in November 2015 to undergo hospice care and moved back to her childhood home in Alexandria, Ind., where she wanted to live out her last days with her family, including her 23-month-old daughter Indiana, whom she shares with Rory.
Doctors estimated in November that she had only six months to live, but Joey is still pushing forward. The couple is planning to release their last album, titled "Hymns That Are Important To Us," on Valentine's Day, as HNGN previously reported.
Whatever sadness Joey felt during Christmas has been replaced by hope and faith, Rory explained, with the help of the couple's friends Bill Gaither and his wife Gloria, a gospel music songwriting duo who will release Joey + Rory's final album as part of their Gaither Gospel Series.
"She says she's seen the light," Rory wrote about his wife, "and she's over that now."
