HT: >Yeah, I was literally stunned for the longest after I heard the news too. I >knew you Mom meant so much to you from what I heard over the years, it >almost seemed unfair for this to happen. Made me realize I shouldn't always >take my parents for granted either. But I'm reliefed to hear that you are >coping, Dawn.
Yeah, it *was* quite a shock for all of us. Only a few of you knew that my mom had breast cancer. She was very strong through the entire ordeal though--never giving up, always brave and just ready to get everything done and move past it. She had her surgery and was going through so much afterward, but she was a fighter. Her chemo was making her very sick to where she could hardly eat, and she had gone into the hospital after the first one when her white blood cell count soared to 53,000 when it should have only been 6 or 7 thousand. Shortly after they got her count back down and cleared up an infection that had ensued, she was doing better, but then her second chemo treatment came up. She got really sick again, and something told me that while I was in San D, she would go back into the hospital. I didn't think she would die though. It's still a shock, because for all of us, we knew that she'd get through it and be okay. Basically, because she wasn't eating very much at all, the platelets in her blood were very low, thus her blood became very thin, and she started bleeding internally. She had a brain hemmorage and two strokes while in the hospital. I'm just glad that I went to visit her the night before I left for San D, and that I wasn't in town to see her in the state she was in while in the hospital. I want to encourage everyone though not to take your relationship with those you love for granted, because if this experience has taught me one thing, it's that life is so very uncertain. Anyway, sorry for the novel. And I appreciate the thoughts and prayers and cards everyone has bestowed upon me. Dawn >>******************************************** >>"Mr. Moony presents his compliments to Professor Snape, and begs him >to >>keep his abnormally large nose out of other people's business." >>"Mr. Prongs agrees with Mr. Moony, and would like to add that >Professor >>Snape is an ugly git." > >I still can't believe my RPG friend favors this Snape character more than >Raph now. *ducks a magic spell* ;p > > >~HT > >The Tao that is seen >Is not the true Tao - > until You bring fresh toner. > >:::::::XX For what do you quest? XX::::::::: >the TurtleQuestrian >http://www.turtlequest.com > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com > > -- Dawnatello ____________________________________________ "There's a lot one could say about masks..." http://www.behindthemasks.com ******************************************** "Mr. Moony presents his compliments to Professor Snape, and begs him to keep his abnormally large nose out of other people's business." "Mr. Prongs agrees with Mr. Moony, and would like to add that Professor Snape is an ugly git." "Mr. Padfoot would like to register his astonishment that an idiot like that ever became a professor." "Mr. Wormtail bids Professor Snape good day, and advises him to wash his hair, the slimeball." ********************************************* --
