Elizabeth Edwards' Cancer Takes Turn for Worst
The last time most of us saw Elizabeth Edwards was when she appeared on the "Stand Up 2 Cancer" telethon, back in September.
She's been fighting a long, brave and public battle against the disease.
And now, at age 61, that battle apparently is coming to an end.
We got to know Elizabeth Edwards as the wife of a presidential candidate - her husband John's biggest booster, reports CBS News national correspondent Dean Reynolds.
Not one to wait in the wings, she shared the stage equally with her husband.
But away from the applause and adulation, Mrs. Edwards has led a star-crossed and at times, a painful life.
There was the death of her teenage son, the unfulfilled campaigns for higher office and then her husband's humiliating affair with a campaign worker - even as Elizabeth repeatedly defended him.
Yet the strong will that she wrote about in two best-selling books saw her through her public challenges.
Now comes word that the breast cancer she's fought since 2004 has spread - and that her health is rapidly deteriorating. A source close to the Edwards tells CBS News simply, "She is dying."
The family told People magazine today that Mrs. Edwards is resting at home in Chapel Hill, N.C. with loved ones - including her estranged husband.
Today on her Facebook page Mrs. Edwards wrote about her family, her friends and her faith:
