I've been thinking about putting together a post on India, which I may still do. But I've little time to look backwards given the rate at which things are happening to us right now. S returned home tonight from 20 hours on a plane while I was at class and he's already at urgent care. In addition to his traveler's diarrhea (which thankfully I got antibiotics for, which I used to kick mine), he also has some viral/flu infection (though we've already had our flu shots) and pink eye. The poor guy. And he has to drive 3 1/2 hours each way to and from Iowa tomorrow for work.
I talked to my mom tonight before class, and she let me know that my eldest sister Sara, who is cognitively disabled and lives with her, was found to have fallopian tube cancer (which is extremely rare) when they did her recent hysterectomy. She is only 40, but as she won't be having children and was having lots of pain, the Dr. thought it was time. She will have to have many more tests, and another (this time open rather than lap) surgery. But we are all just hoping that she doesn't need chemo. I can't imagine. My mom waited to tell me because of FIL's sudden death and our trip.
So if I'm supposed to not focus on not being able to have a child, having a sibling diagnosed with a serious disease, losing a parent, and having two terminal grandparents is certainly one way to put things in perspective and at the same time make you question how so many bad things could all happen at once.
I talked to my mom tonight before class, and she let me know that my eldest sister Sara, who is cognitively disabled and lives with her, was found to have fallopian tube cancer (which is extremely rare) when they did her recent hysterectomy. She is only 40, but as she won't be having children and was having lots of pain, the Dr. thought it was time. She will have to have many more tests, and another (this time open rather than lap) surgery. But we are all just hoping that she doesn't need chemo. I can't imagine. My mom waited to tell me because of FIL's sudden death and our trip.
So if I'm supposed to not focus on not being able to have a child, having a sibling diagnosed with a serious disease, losing a parent, and having two terminal grandparents is certainly one way to put things in perspective and at the same time make you question how so many bad things could all happen at once.
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Oh Kate, I'm so sorry. It seems like we have nothing but bad news in our lives lately. ((hugs))
Oh hun. "I am so sorry" doesn't even begin to cover how bad I feel for you right now. I wish I could stop this snowball you've got going on right now. If you need anything, please don't hesitate to ask. (((hugs)))
((BIG hugs))
Kate, I'm so sorry. I thought bad things were only supposed to happen in threes? WTF??? I hope Sagar feels better soon and that your sister is just another surgery away from a clean bill of health. Huge (((HUGS))) I'm so very sorry that you are going through all of this!
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