Laptops stolen from woman with breast cancer

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - Doctors told Krysti Hughett she would be lucky to live a few months.

That was eight years ago, when the 53 year old was diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer.

She's shed tears on the journey. Some days tears of gratitude.

“I'm actually growing hair through the chemo,” Hughett said laughing as she removed a scarf hiding her bald head. “I’m blessed to be here.”

But Thursday, those joyful tears were mixed with grief.

Someone stole two laptops from her husband's auto shop on 2400 block of East Washington. The computers stored her family photos and her final wishes.

“I have my memories, but my photos, my journals, my funeral plans… are on the hard drive.”

Hughett says she kept a "what if" file for her husband and three daughters.
For her, sometimes writing is easier than talking about the grim reality.

“I know that breast cancer is probably going to get me at some point. I’ve battled it for eight years,” she said. “It is hard (for my girls) thinking 'mommy might die.’ I wanted to make sure everyone knew my wishes for them and the future.”

The 53-year-old’s wish now is that the person responsible will return what they took.

“I don’t care who stole them. I just would love to get them back no questions asked,” she said. “I don’t even care about the computer as much as the hard drive.”

She says if someone left them at her doorstep, “I would just cry again but it would be happy tears not sad tears.”

Hughett says she has had brain tumors over the last two years. Her memory isn't what it once was, which is another reason she depends so much on the computers.

She spent the day faxing fliers to local pawn shops offering a reward for the returned hard drives.