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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2022 20:32:30 GMT
I just couldn't believe it when it popped up in my feed. I just can't wrap my head around it. Her talent will be greatly missed.
From her family:
"I've been trying to find the words, but no words seem right. The world lost a very bright light in the world today. My sister, Melody Lane, transitioned to her eternal sleep at 3:22 am Vegas time this morning. Alex was able to go be with her for an hour and a half before her transition and we are very thankful for that. We are all completely heartbroken and time just seems frozen. My whole family would like to thank you all for the outpouring of love and prayers they both received. We felt just how much Melody & Alex were cared about. I had been keeping screenshots to show her all the love yall have posted so when she woke up I could share it with her, but she sees it now. Melody truly has the most wonderful people around her, seriously, from her followers to her admins. She was forever grateful for you all!
You know in all the sadness Melody would be telling us to find the positive as there is positive to find in every situation yet sometimes you have to look really, really hard. So we are trying to do that. We will be keeping her Melody Lane Inspired going as it is not only her passion that she worked over a decade to build, but a family business with Alex and I working for her. We had talks of big things we were going to do when they got back from Vegas. We are going to keep those dreams alive. We just need to take a break momentarily and ask that you allow our family some time to heal before getting back to continuing Melody's dream.
Now for the good news (there's that positive we have to find), Alex is getting released tomorrow!! Yay!! They will have him on oxygen for a few more weeks at least. My parents will be there tomorrow to be with Alex. Then I fly in the following week to be with Alex before he travels home so he can build up some strength. Please continue to cover Alex in prayers, love, and light as it is understandably a very hard time for him and we still have to get him back across the country. I will say though he is amazing at carrying his Mom's positive attitude. I always say energy is contagious, positive or negative, so go out there and spread the positive energy the Melody way. That's what she would want.
From Melody's son, Alex, my parents( Suzette Gibbs-Boldwin, Tom Boldwin, Dave Schneider, Christine Leadingham Schneider), her siblings (myself, Holly and Dave Schneider) to her nieces and nephews (Connor Klien, Madison Klien, and Samantha Schneider) we send our thanks. Thank you for loving our Melody soo much!!! ❤️❤️ We have a pretty amazing angel watching over all of us now!"
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Post by wezee on Feb 15, 2022 20:35:41 GMT
Just tragic
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Post by happyscrappydo on Feb 15, 2022 20:48:15 GMT
It’s so sad. She will be missed by many.
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Post by wagleg on Feb 15, 2022 21:19:43 GMT
I’ve been following on Facebook and kind of expected this when they put her on a vent. Prayed every day that she would be one of the lucky ones. I feel so sad for our whole community of crafters.
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Post by scrapnnana on Feb 15, 2022 21:34:15 GMT
This is such sad news.
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Post by Restless Spirit on Feb 15, 2022 21:59:02 GMT
Ken Hess and Melody Lane were the first YouTubers I followed when I was first trying to learn about cutting machines. They both gave unbiased, very informative reviews of the early Cricut machines. I appreciated her free tutorials and reviews over the years.
I hope her son is able to make a full recovery.
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Post by sleepingbooty on Feb 15, 2022 21:59:33 GMT
I don't have a Cricut so this isn't someone I'm particularly familiar with. Condolences to her family and community.
As an aside, are Covid-19 bills no longer covered in the US (reading up on the hospitalisation + GoFundMe + passing on FB right now)? Even for vaccinated people? How is this ok?
I'm worried for her son, however. Too many people have to be readmitted. I understand the family is desperate for some good news but I don't see him as being out of the woods yet even though they're planning on releasing him with oxygen for now.
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Post by Linda on Feb 15, 2022 22:26:10 GMT
I'm so sorry to hear this. Prayers for her son and all of her family sleepingbooty - whether or not C19 bills are covered will depend on someone's health insurance - pretty sure mine covers it(the same as anything else) after a deductible and then a co-pay up to a max out of pocket but I have unusually good insurance (DH's company self-insures and has stellar coverage). But not everyone is insured and many insurance plans are ...less than ideal. And no - that's not okay but people are afraid of single payer or government plans and insurance companies have deep pockets for lobbying. |
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Post by honeypea on Feb 15, 2022 23:34:12 GMT
I don't have a Cricut so this isn't someone I'm particularly familiar with. Condolences to her family and community. As an aside, are Covid-19 bills no longer covered in the US (reading up on the hospitalisation + GoFundMe + passing on FB right now)? Even for vaccinated people? How is this ok? I'm worried for her son, however. Too many people have to be readmitted. I understand the family is desperate for some good news but I don't see him as being out of the woods yet even though they're planning on releasing him with oxygen for now. Some relevant information here. |
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Post by riversong1963 on Feb 16, 2022 13:36:33 GMT
I'm so sorry to hear this. I watched her Cricut videos when I got my original machine and the Expression. I really enjoyed them, and she did a lot for the community. Prayers for her family, especially her son.
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Post by christine58 on Feb 16, 2022 15:35:53 GMT
Looks like her son is headed home soon. Such a tragedy. Does anyone know why they were in Vegas???
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Post by disneypal on Feb 16, 2022 15:38:06 GMT
I’ve been following on Facebook and kind of expected this when they put her on a vent. Prayed every day that she would be one of the lucky ones. I feel so sad for our whole community of crafters. Same here - I am on one of Melody's FB groups (because of my Cricut Joy) and have been following since she was first hospitalized with COVID-19. Her adult son also was hospitalized at the same time. He improved and has been released but she kept getting worse, developed pneumonia and was put on a ventilator. It is a big loss to the Cricut community. I feel for her family and especially her son. I was praying she'd recover. |
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Post by sleepingbooty on Feb 16, 2022 16:22:22 GMT
Looks like her son is headed home soon. Such a tragedy. Does anyone know why they were in Vegas??? A mother-son vacation? They left from Florida for a road trip with his new Tesla (and Elon Musk air freshener) and it was documented regularly on his YouTube account. Then it all went silent when they were infected. I couldn't be bothered to sit through 10+ road trip driving videos to find out. It looks like they mostly did live streams with chat interaction from the car? |
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Post by disneypal on Feb 16, 2022 18:21:58 GMT
Looks like her son is headed home soon. Such a tragedy. Does anyone know why they were in Vegas??? They live in FL but have a condo in Las Vegas. I think they were just taking a vacation. She didn't like to fly so they were driving there. |
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Post by joblackford on Feb 16, 2022 19:45:14 GMT
I don't have a Cricut so this isn't someone I'm particularly familiar with. Condolences to her family and community. As an aside, are Covid-19 bills no longer covered in the US (reading up on the hospitalisation + GoFundMe + passing on FB right now)? Even for vaccinated people? How is this ok? I'm worried for her son, however. Too many people have to be readmitted. I understand the family is desperate for some good news but I don't see him as being out of the woods yet even though they're planning on releasing him with oxygen for now. Some relevant information here. Thanks, that's helpful to know. Out of network bills can be absolutely horrendous even if you have good insurance to cover in-network costs. sleepingbooty the worst part is that the bills will come in months later and continue for months and there's no way to know what they will be, especially if you're being treated out of your insurance network. I'm still getting adjustments/bills that were just processed by insurance from a routine MRI I paid for in mid-2020. It's not ok IMO. I'm also not familiar with this person but very sad for her family and fans and hopeful that her son recovers. |
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Post by sleepingbooty on Feb 16, 2022 20:06:14 GMT
Thanks for the extra information, ladies. I still don't really get the US health system and it's complex payment scheme. It's making me stress every time I try to understand it. It looks like it has many loopholes and traps and whatnot. I'll never grasp two things from a practical POV for the US: health coverage and the "building credit" thing. They will have to remain mysteries. I remember an American acquaintance not believing his bill for an ER visit in France. He was trying to find the "real" total sum and I was pointing at it and he said it was impossible because it was way too low. Turns out even basic procedures and drugs are often more expensive in the US as well. Yikes. ETA: joblackford The irony is that with such a complex system where you keep getting readjusted bills months even years later, it has got to add stress, right? It just feeds more unhealthiness. I can imagine people having actual anxiety over dealing with their medical bills.  |
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Post by honeypea on Feb 16, 2022 20:30:59 GMT
Thanks for the extra information, ladies. I still don't really get the US health system and it's complex payment scheme. It's making me stress every time I try to understand it. It looks like it has many loopholes and traps and whatnot. I'll never grasp two things from a practical POV for the US: health coverage and the "building credit" thing. They will have to remain mysteries. I remember an American acquaintance not believing his bill for an ER visit in France. He was trying to find the "real" total sum and I was pointing at it and he said it was impossible because it was way too low. Turns out even basic procedures and drugs are often more expensive in the US as well. Yikes. ETA: joblackford The irony is that with such a complex system where you keep getting readjusted bills months even years later, it has got to add stress, right? It just feeds more unhealthiness. I can imagine people having actual anxiety over dealing with their medical bills. I’m curious now - do you know what happens if someone from from Europe or wherever with given healthcare coverage gets sick and needs care in the US? Would your nationalized healthcare cover the bill here? I had to take my youngest to the children’s hospital where he was kept for several hours for dehydration & suspected appendicitis (false alarm) - paid our ER deductible at discharge. We continued to receive random bills from it for THREE YEARS. |
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Post by sleepingbooty on Feb 16, 2022 21:00:41 GMT
I’m curious now - do you know what happens if someone from from Europe or wherever with given healthcare coverage gets sick and needs care in the US? Would your nationalized healthcare cover the bill here? I'm not familiar with all the European health systems but I can tell this for France: the French sécurité sociale, which is what our national health insurance system is called, does not advance costs when travelling outside of the the bulk of Europe. Within the European Union + European Economic Area + Switzerland, we have a special card that will do the job. The sécurité sociale will reimburse certain costs as long as you can bring justifications that they were emergency procedures that could not have been predicted. Your extra private insurance will cover a chunk of the rest. However, it will reimburse part of those costs using the French health cost scales and US charges significantly more (up to 5 times more, apparently). So, for travelling further away, you'll need to subscribe to a special travel insurance preferrably a special US travel insurance that will help cover those costs based on the price of such emergency procedures over there otherwise you'd hit the max reimbursement limit too quickly. They literally sell these telling you straight away how far up you can go for emergency medical bills which is pretty chilling when you're not an American. Obviously, the aim is to fly you back to your home country ASAP to continue any kind of medical care under the cheaper and national insurance coverage. From what I remember, it was around 50-60€ ($57-68) for basic insurance for 2 weeks in the US/person pre-pandemic. That covered up to half a million euros in emergency health care. Up to 1 million € in emergency health care was around 350€ ($398). It might've gone up with Covid-19, however. Heck, it very likely did. |
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Post by kmage on Feb 16, 2022 22:18:13 GMT
Thanks for the extra information, ladies. I still don't really get the US health system and it's complex payment scheme. It's making me stress every time I try to understand it. It looks like it has many loopholes and traps and whatnot. I'll never grasp two things from a practical POV for the US: health coverage and the "building credit" thing. They will have to remain mysteries. I remember an American acquaintance not believing his bill for an ER visit in France. He was trying to find the "real" total sum and I was pointing at it and he said it was impossible because it was way too low. Turns out even basic procedures and drugs are often more expensive in the US as well. Yikes. ETA: joblackford The irony is that with such a complex system where you keep getting readjusted bills months even years later, it has got to add stress, right? It just feeds more unhealthiness. I can imagine people having actual anxiety over dealing with their medical bills.  My DD fell in the Bahamas in 2003 and we had to go to the ER. I was FREAKING out when they told me I had to pay in cash before they would treat her. I frantically tried to figure out who I could borrow $$ from, thinking I needed 2000-3000 minimum, much more than I brought in cash for a week on the beach. Guess how much 9 stitches were, along with two weeks of antibiotics and a paper sack full of bandages and wraps for her foot? 80.00. That's right, eighty dollars. I almost started to cry, I was so thankful. So sorry, did not mean to hijack the thread. Poor Melody and her son. I am sure taking a road trip to one's own condo seemed very safe. I remember her from the Cricut Army days. |
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Post by sleepingbooty on Feb 16, 2022 22:41:57 GMT
My DD fell in the Bahamas in 2003 and we had to go to the ER. I was FREAKING out when they told me I had to pay in cash before they would treat her. I frantically tried to figure out who I could borrow $$ from, thinking I needed 2000-3000 minimum, much more than I brought in cash for a week on the beach. Guess how much 9 stitches were, along with two weeks of antibiotics and a paper sack full of bandages and wraps for her foot? 80.00. That's right, eighty dollars. I almost started to cry, I was so thankful. Sounds about like the right price 20 years ago. It's just some stitches and antibiotics. I'm glad it was affordable to you on holiday. I wish it were back home, too. So sorry, did not mean to hijack the thread. Poor Melody and her son. I am sure taking a road trip to one's own condo seemed very safe. I remember her from the Cricut Army days. Definitely apologies for hijacking the thread as well. PS: As far as I can tell, they were staying in a 5000 sq ft hotel suite at the Westgate, not just visiting their condo. |
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Post by FurryP on Feb 17, 2022 0:01:24 GMT
My DD fell in the Bahamas in 2003 and we had to go to the ER. I was FREAKING out when they told me I had to pay in cash before they would treat her. I frantically tried to figure out who I could borrow $$ from, thinking I needed 2000-3000 minimum, much more than I brought in cash for a week on the beach. Guess how much 9 stitches were, along with two weeks of antibiotics and a paper sack full of bandages and wraps for her foot? 80.00. That's right, eighty dollars. I almost started to cry, I was so thankful. Wow. I would probably cry, and then start laughing with happiness. What a relief. |
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Post by katyscrap on Feb 17, 2022 2:10:27 GMT
So sorry to hear this. She was a wealth of talent in the scrapbooking industry and her loss will be missed. Her poor son losing his mother and so sick himself. Will these Covid deaths ever end?
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Post by riversong1963 on Feb 21, 2022 16:46:05 GMT
Did anyone see the free cut file in Design Space? It has the word Melody with a sun. I think it's a nice tribute to her and all she did for the Cricut community.
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Post by julieb on Feb 23, 2022 0:49:46 GMT
So sorry to hear this. She was a wealth of talent in the scrapbooking industry and her loss will be missed. Her poor son losing his mother and so sick himself. Will these Covid deaths ever end? Yes, when everyone gets the vaccine. Unfortunately, that will never happen. |
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Post by FurryP on Feb 24, 2022 1:07:02 GMT
Just a random comment...yesterday I was watching YT and ran across a video from a couple who lives at The Villages in FL. Every once in a while I watch them because they amuse me. Apparently Melody Lane lived in the villages. They announced her passing away. Small world. At approx the 3:45 mark
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