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Skriven 2014-11-10 07:20:00 av ImStillMags
     Kommentar till en text av Cheryl
Ärende: Re: OT - where i've been (long)
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On Wednesday, November 5, 2014 6:43:54 PM UTC-8, Cheryl wrote:
> In the off chance anyone has wondered where i've been, i'm dealing with 
> a serious family issue. my facebook friends know if they've read it, but 
> my sister with cancer is in ICU due to a fall down her stairs and a 
> ruptured spleen.  she was rushed into surgery to remove her spleen but 
> with a couple of fractured ribs to go with it, plus COPD, and now we 
> find out the cancer tumors are extensive in her lungs, she's been on and 
> off a breathing tube and being treated for pneumonia. they were keeping 
> her in a medically induced coma the first few days. first time it came 
> out, she pulled it out herself even though they put those mittens on 
> her, in her drugged state she just decided she didn't want it. so it's 
> dangerous to keep pulling out and replacing a breathing tube so it was 
> put back in earlier this week when she was unable to breathe on her own. 
> collapsed lung, other lung full of fluid.  for some reason they removed 
> it again but tonight they're putting it back in.
> 
> Her home is a disaster because with the chemo she's been too tired to 
> clean and the kids are pretty useless.  they are with friends in her 
> area and being taught strictly how to clean up after themselves.  the 
> home is full of roaches that are being treated with baits but spraying 
> will happen next week so i have to do something with her cats. probably 
> a kennel for a few days because i have 5 cats and there is no way i can 
> deal with 7.  i will pay for the kennel. family and friends are all 
> stepping up to help us through this and they are amazing and a gift from 
> God even though i don't really have that much faith in religion.
> 
> anyway, she might not make it.  we're working on getting a medical 
> directive and power of attorney to handle her affairs. my brother and 
> his wife are working on guardianship of the kids but it turns out you 
> can't do that until it is needed, not on a "what if" situation.
> 
> so if you believe in something higher than we are that has the ability 
> to keep her here for a little longer, we'd appreciate the prayers. her 
> oncologist said even without this set back, she really only had 1-1 1/2 
> years to live with the extent of the cancer in her lungs and that it is 
> starting to spread to her liver.  It started as colorectal cancer and 
> she had surgery to remove a lot of her plumbing, but it spread anyway 
> for reasons that i'm not getting into but anyone who's been through 
> chemo knows how hard it is on your body and she refused the 6 months 
> more chemo after surgery and this is probably why it spread.
> 
> i'm just so upset and scared. i probably won't have time to reply to 
> this thread anytime soon but please keep us in your thoughts if you can.
> 
> With love,
> -- 
>   ღ.¸¸.✫*¨`*✶
> Cheryl

OH, Cheryl, I'm so sorry for you and your sister and the family.  Know that all
 of us here are pulling for you and her.    I know you will find the strength
to give comfort and love.

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