torand.org » hospital http://torand.org the power of two became one Sat, 14 Apr 2012 13:15:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 Fighting the good fight http://torand.org/2009/08/19/fighting-the-good-fight/ http://torand.org/2009/08/19/fighting-the-good-fight/#comments Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:16:26 +0000 Scott http://torand.org/?p=189 My sister-in-law has been fighting acute myelogenous leukemia cancer for the past year. Tom and Diane have taken every tack in fighting this foe, chemotherapy, radiation even a bone marrow transplant. They went after this foe with every tool that the medial community had to offer. They have put up a hard fought battle against a foe that was equally tough.

I talked to Tom last Thursday, the cancer is back. Tom and Diane thought they had turned a corner with the bone marrow transplant, but the cancer is just too aggressive. They had a meeting with her oncologist yesterday, Tuesday, and he broke the horrible news to them that my lovely sister-in-law has but 1-2 months left in this fight. When Tom called last week, I think everyone in the family had the same idea that if the end would come we would have more time to say our goodbye. No one would have guessed that her time with us would be less than 2 months.

When I talked to Tom he sounded beat, I cannot imagine what he is going through. I feel so helpless living a thousand miles from them. He is going through one of the most stressful times in his life and there is nothing I can do to help him.

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Ok.. so that might not be the exact quote… but the vet did say something to that effect, and you gotta admit, it is funny.

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