Cancer Update
Well its been a hard week or so-- "A" has had vertebrae disintegrate -- T6 is totally gone and now she is a half an inch shorter- T345 are affected too -- when i spoke with her on phone her spirits were good however and we joked about not being able to ride camels anymore-- which we both were relieved about-- our camel riding in Mongolia was not the most pleasant part of our adventure for sure!!
Then Wednesday i got an email from darlene who said "A" is having to have surgery--not sure exactly why or what they are doing but i would imagine it has to do with T345 ... first report was surgery went well and she was in recovery then moved to ICU-- but later i got another email
"A's"doctor performed another surgery late yesterday evening to reposition a screw, which a post-op scan revealed was too close to her aorta. It took about 20 minutes, and she is doing fine.
now i get an email this morning that says there is a strong possiblity she may never walk again
"here is a significant likelihood that she may never walk again, even more likely that if she does it will be with the FDR-type leg braces and fore-arm sling crutches. We are all hoping we are wrong. "
i am devasted as i simply cant imagine my vibrant friend incapicated in this way-- my god we did two avon breast cancer walks of 60 miles!!!
i dont know what to do-- i want to go to houston to see her but know this is a hard time and it may be better later to go-- i have written robert and asked him what i should do--
this is so hard--
posted by radclyffe @ 8/27/2005 07:32:00 AM
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