Update on last entry
Grandma (dad's mom) has kidney cancer.
And because of the way the body circulates everything, it has moved into her lungs.
She starts medication (not chemo) on Monday or Tuesday. She could have anywhere from a year to ten years. No one's really sure.
But she's doing OK, and she's in pretty good spirits, it seems. She's not even feeling any of the "normal" effects from the body fighting cancer. Hell, if it weren't for whatever testing she had done, she probably wouldn't even have known until much later.
Dad is doing OK, too, all things considered. We're all doing all right, I guess. A little leaky eyed, a little somber, but going on with our day.
We'll be spending more time with her, of course, and helping out her husband throughout this so he doesn't feel that all the care has to fall on his shoulders.
I was right, though, to stay up in my room during the "grown up" talk.
...Growing up is really, really tough.
And because of the way the body circulates everything, it has moved into her lungs.
She starts medication (not chemo) on Monday or Tuesday. She could have anywhere from a year to ten years. No one's really sure.
But she's doing OK, and she's in pretty good spirits, it seems. She's not even feeling any of the "normal" effects from the body fighting cancer. Hell, if it weren't for whatever testing she had done, she probably wouldn't even have known until much later.
Dad is doing OK, too, all things considered. We're all doing all right, I guess. A little leaky eyed, a little somber, but going on with our day.
We'll be spending more time with her, of course, and helping out her husband throughout this so he doesn't feel that all the care has to fall on his shoulders.
I was right, though, to stay up in my room during the "grown up" talk.
...Growing up is really, really tough.