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At 51 years young….my aunt lost her life tonight. She fought hard for 2 1/2 years, but this disease took it’s toll on her body, but never her strength. She was one of the strongest women I knew. She was a beautiful woman inside and out. I am proud that I was able to call her my aunt for all of my life. I am also grateful that I was able to spend a couple of her last days with her and cherish those memories.
Bless you all. The strong ones going through this and the strong ones by their side. I hope that some day there be a cure for this cancer and no one will have to suffer.
I have done relay for life the past two years in my aunt’s honor. Every year from here on out…will be in her honor and in her memory.
You’ll always be my angel Aunt Pam
It has been awhile since I posted.
did not end up going down the Sunday after I posted. My mom asked me to stay home until my Aunt was able to go home and get settled in.
My aunt was doing better in hospice, but the doctors told her last Wednesday that she has 1-2 weeks. I immediately booked my flight to leave Thursday. I arrived in Florida on Thursday to see my aunt in good spirits. A tad skinny since she has not been able to consume food for over a month. She worked at Ft. Myers airport before she was diagnosed and wanted to say good-bye to some of her former co-workers. We spend 3 hour there Thursday, as she was feeling good and had enough energy. We went back to her house and just spent some time there with her. She gave me a Past, Present, and Future necklace in remembrance of her. Friday she wanted to go back to say her farewells to the other shift that she worked with at the airport. Friday morning she woke up, weak from all the energy that she had used Thursday.
Still feeling nauseous she went to the airport to say good-bye. She had wanted to get a pedicure one last time with all of us. However, when we left the airport on Friday she was still feeling sick. We then went to hospice to get another bag of her “anti-nausea” medicine that she is now hooked up to 24/7. She was just going to go home and not get her pedicure, but my mom convinced her to do this for herself one last time. My aunt always went to the same place to get pedicures…and they ladies knew of her cancer. I don’t know how they knew that my Aunt is getting down to her final days, but they bought her a dozen roses. (My aunt is an amazing woman).
We then went back to her house because she was not feeling well. Hospice nurse came in and increased her pain medication since she was in a great amount of pain (she cannot take morphine as she is allergic to it). About 2 hours after the hospice nurse left, my aunt got sick. It was very hard to see my aunt like that. My aunt was able to calm herself down and slept all night. Saturday was the hardest day as we had to leave this day. She cried off and on all day, which didn’t make it any easier. She didn’t have much energy on Saturday so she pretty much stayed in the hospital bed that Hospice had set up for her in her living room Her stomach inflates with air and hardens like a rock, then deflates itself. My theory is that the gas her body is producing is trying to pass through her intestines. And with the blockage, it has nowhere to go.
I love my aunt to the moon and back. She is such an amazing woman, who doesn’t deserve to go through this. NO ONE does. Since we left on Saturday she has gotten sick everyday and hospice has increased her pain meds. It’s hard to be so far away from her when she is going through this.
When my aunt’s time comes she is donating her body to science, so that they can find out more information about this cancer and understand it more. With tears in my eyes it hurts to say that it was the last time that I will see my Aunt alive. She is a strong woman and has fought this horrible thing hard. When she was diagnosed they gave her 6-9 months..and here she is 2 ½ years later. My heart and thought are with anyone that is going through this or the loved ones going through it with them. My aunt is getting weaker by the day. She has come to peace with this being her fate (even though it is not fair). She understands that she can no longer fight this but live every minute of her life as she can.
Thank you all for your love and support
Update on my aunt…She was still sick all day. She has made the decision to call in hospice. She is sick of being sick and tired.she doesn’t have any more energy and hasn’t had anything other than water and ice chips the past 3 days. They think whatever blockage that she has in her intestine is completely closed….I will probably be flying down Sunday. This is very hard for my to comprehend. She is a tough woman. She was in law enforcement her life. They offered her early retirement when she was diagnosed and she finally finished her whole career as sergeant for the us air marshalls for the k9 unit. I know calling in hospice doesn’t mean the end, but she is done fighting this horrible battle.
thank you all for your kind words these past days.Thank you all for your kind words. It means a lot!
I received an update from my mom last night, and my aunt is still getting sick. Her digestive system is no longer working so anything she puts in her stomach, comes right back up. All she had yesterday was water and ice chips. My mom said that one of her doctors hooked fluid up to her that has some kind of sugar in it, to give her some calories.
They suggested putting a feeding tube in, but my aunt declined. They then stated that there is a away to put nutrition directly into her blood stream, so it will not have to pass through her disgestive system. The IV can be hooked up directly to her port. My aunt is considering that. My mom was going to suggest to her last night after she got off the phone with me, to try it while she was in the hospital to see if that would work.
My aunt was crying all day yesterday and said she was sick of being sick…and ready to meet her maker. I don’t feel like it’s time for her to let go, but then again, I am not her. I hate hearing it. I will try to get an update today, but yesterday my mom said she was not good.
Thank you all again!
I appreciated everyone’s thought. I bought the wristbands off of this site after I found out that my Aunt was diagnosed. I never knew about the forum until my Aunt started getting progressively worse. While reading everyone and how they connected like extended family was reassuring. Like I stated, I don’t know much about any cancer. I know this type of cancer is rare. It’s nice to see that my aunt is not alone in this struggle. I am not sure how my aunt is doing today, but I will keep everyone informed.
Thank you again.
I know that they said there is nothing more that they can really do for her. They won’t do surgery on her. They removed her galbladder and as much as her liver as they could, and did some duct work when she was first diagnosed. My mom is down right now with her at the hospital, but like me, she lives in PA. She went to a cancer center in Tampa to have all of her surgerys and that is where her man cancer doctor is located. She has a husband and her mother down in Florida with her.
Just to clarify so there is no confusion, my name is Larissa so i would be her niece
.She is at Lee Memorial Hospital in Ft. Myers. She has the cancer in her liver, her bile duct, small instestine and possibly stomach. This is the closest anyone has been to me that has been diagnosed with Cancer so I am not too familiar with everything. They are hydrating her with an IV and also she is eating soup. On Tuesday she said she felt better than she had in weeks, and Wednesday she was sick all day. She was due to go home on Tuesday, but they kept her because her potassium levels were low. Then on Wednesday she got sick. When she is released from the hospital she will have a nurse to come to the house to check on her, but I do not think it is hospice.
