I'm sitting here writing this a broken man, at a loss for thought and feeling. I'm numb and in shock. My happiness has fallen away.
My older sister Susie has been fighting Leukemia for 2 yrs now. She's 39, so young. It all started back when she went in to have her tubes tied. When she awoke from the surgury the doc told her that they found a type of Leukemia in her blood work. She thought she was in a bad dream and was trying to wake herself up. The first few months were test after test with lots of chemo and her finishing up the year when she was transported to a hospital in Seattle. The first major battle was to do a complete blood transfer. All the time it seemed like one fever after another. That lasted for a few months. Then a skin cancer surfaced. They went to fight that and after getting that under control the blood cancer came back.
It was like that, one type of cancer after another. You have to understand that this doesn't run in either of my family lines. A person in my family line having this is unheard of. AFter many on/off cancer fights it all seemed to clear up early last summer. She seemed better and was getting healthy. Her hair was even growning back. Though weak, she was slowly on her way to a recovery. She was getting checked out every couple weeks at that point and the doc's said she was in remission.
A few months later though one of the tests came back positive. The cancer was back and more aggressive than ever. Shortly after she went back to Seattle with plans for a bone marrow transplant. A doner was located that showed really good matches, 9 out of 10. Constant fevers and getting sick postphoned the procedure a few times. Finally the transplant happened. Everything went well, i never prayed so much in my life.... A month later it was confirmed that the transplant took very well and her numbers started climbing. She seemed to be getting alot better but the meds she was on pretty much destroyed her muscle mass in her body. Tests showed her in remission and the only thing to do was get her therapy going to rebuild her muscles.
3 days ago a test showed the cancer has come back, ever MORE aggressive than before. They said there was nothing else they could do for her. All possible medical options have been tried.
They have given her a week to live.
A week....
Please pray for her.
My older sister Susie has been fighting Leukemia for 2 yrs now. She's 39, so young. It all started back when she went in to have her tubes tied. When she awoke from the surgury the doc told her that they found a type of Leukemia in her blood work. She thought she was in a bad dream and was trying to wake herself up. The first few months were test after test with lots of chemo and her finishing up the year when she was transported to a hospital in Seattle. The first major battle was to do a complete blood transfer. All the time it seemed like one fever after another. That lasted for a few months. Then a skin cancer surfaced. They went to fight that and after getting that under control the blood cancer came back.
It was like that, one type of cancer after another. You have to understand that this doesn't run in either of my family lines. A person in my family line having this is unheard of. AFter many on/off cancer fights it all seemed to clear up early last summer. She seemed better and was getting healthy. Her hair was even growning back. Though weak, she was slowly on her way to a recovery. She was getting checked out every couple weeks at that point and the doc's said she was in remission.
A few months later though one of the tests came back positive. The cancer was back and more aggressive than ever. Shortly after she went back to Seattle with plans for a bone marrow transplant. A doner was located that showed really good matches, 9 out of 10. Constant fevers and getting sick postphoned the procedure a few times. Finally the transplant happened. Everything went well, i never prayed so much in my life.... A month later it was confirmed that the transplant took very well and her numbers started climbing. She seemed to be getting alot better but the meds she was on pretty much destroyed her muscle mass in her body. Tests showed her in remission and the only thing to do was get her therapy going to rebuild her muscles.
3 days ago a test showed the cancer has come back, ever MORE aggressive than before. They said there was nothing else they could do for her. All possible medical options have been tried.
They have given her a week to live.
A week....
Please pray for her.