January 20, 2013
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disbelief
My mum has been sick since Sunday the 6th of January.
Initially we thought it was gastro,
but she wasn’t getting any better, she spent a week feeling sick. By Monday of last week (after being ill for a week) she had gone back to the doctor (the 3rd time) and demanded to know what was wrong. So a series of blood tests were conducted.
Her last blood test was Wednesday…
and by this stage she wasn’t getting in better. It was Thursday night that I made the executive decision to take my mum to the emergency department because she was really weak, and very yellow.
The doctors at the local hospital thought she had a liver problem…
a lot of blood tests were conducted…
However, it was Friday lunchtime- when I received a call that would change the lives of our family forever.
Our local GP rang to tell me that the blood results had come back, and she was desperately trying to get hold of my mum because she had to be admitted to a specific hospital.
I asked what for? considering she was already at one.
The answer was:
Acute Leukeamia.
How we went from Gastro- liver problems to Acute Leukeamia is beyond me.
The moment those words were spoken, I burst into tears…and it felt like my world had come crushing down.
This is my mum, the person who has been caring for me for the last 28 years, super mum….
who is now, tubed up with various medication, having blood transfusion.. etc
They say that leukeamia can be treated…children survive it all the time (80%) of the time- adults 40%-65% of the time. I pray that my mum is somewhere in that percentage… because I’m not ready to say goodbye…
and clearly at 54, she’s just too young to die.
