‘Ready for the next adventure’: Melbourne hospice patient fulfills live-long skydiving wish

MELBOURNE, Fla. — 79-year-old Hospice of Health First patient Delores “Dee” Johnson says skydiving has always been an item on her bucket list, and she was able to fulfill that dream Sunday.

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Delores was joined by her daughter, Michelle, as she completed what she says has been a goal of hers for at least 50 years.

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“I wasn’t nervous,” Johnson said after the jump. “Now I’m ready for the next adventure.”

WATCH: Melbourne hospice patient fulfills live-long skydiving wish 79-year-old Hospice of Health First patient Delores “Dee” Johnson says skydiving has always been an item on her bucket list. (WFTV.com News Staff/WFTV)

Johnson is in hospice care due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and has been given just months to live.

She and a dive crew took off from a local airport before landing safely on the beach in Melbourne Sunday afternoon.

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Johnson says she’d like her next adventure to be a “nice day on a GoldWing motorcycle.”

Founded in 1995, Health First is a non-profit community healthcare system in Brevard County.

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