Monday, April 09, 2007

• Happy Easter and update

  I hope everyone had a nice Easter. A lot has been taking place.  My aunt only a month ago found out she has pancreatic cancer.  It seems like time is not on her side.  I don't care for the hospital she is at.  It seems like too many things go wrong.  When she first was in the hospital, they gave her Vitamin K in a method that is deadly too anyone.  They almost killed my aunt.  Their attitude was that it's administred that way all the time.  I have several nurses and medical people in my family. Every single person has said that the way they administered it was wrong.  Even people outside the family has stated the very same thing.  SO to save their butts- they typed into the computer that my Aunt is allergic to vitamin k.  She is not allergic to Vitamin-k (food or meds)..

  The first time in the hospital they asked her if she would like to be put in contact with a pastor or a religious leader of a church.  My aunt had told them yes that she would be like to be contacted.  A month later and no one has contacted her.   She may only have 2 weeks to live.  So she mentioned it again while being at the hospital and we'll wait and see. I think I will be doing phone calls soon if the hospital doesn't do a thing.

  She is back in the hospital again.  This time the medical staff hasn't made any deadly decisions, but food services doesn't seem to get anything right. My aunt is losing a lot of weight and is suppose to be eating pretty much all the time.  She has ordered the snacks and they never come.  It's a little ridiculuous.  She's been told an estimated time of 2 weeks to live. She wants to fight to survive, but how can she do that when she is losing the weight. She needs the food to provide her body the ability to fight off infections, and to handle any chemo that is given to her. 

  It's not been  a good month for my aunt.  Her face is so orange and yellowish it's unreal.  She has told the doctor that she is not ready to die.  Please keep my aunt in your prayers. She needs it more than ever.  Please also pray for my uncle.  It is going to be a rough next two weeks. I'm hoping this new chemo drug may work. 

  I hate cancer. I hate how it makes people suffer.  I hate how it makes the people who have it and family suffer.  I feel like over the past year 1/2, I have been surrounded by cancer. I had a student in student teaching whom had cancer, my friend Anne at Bloomsburg just died of cancer, and several other poeple at college also had cancer.  Now my Aunt Anne. I helped take care of Anne at Bloomsburg. It was hard to watch someone so special suffer from pain.  Now it seems like I will have to watch it again.

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