Mortality

Paula and I were having a great morning until one of Paula's support groups friends sends her a email informing her that one of the other ladies in the group has died from liver failure related to her cancer. What is the scary part is not more than three weeks ago when Paula talked to her last she was doing well and was excited to go home from a trial treatment and was excited. Let's back up alittle bit, she was diagnosed about the same time with almost identical cancer and tumors and all that medical mumbo jumbo stuff was near identical. She recieved her first treatment and was declared in remission. She went on several trips was getting back to normal life when she was diagnosed again with it in her brain cancer and in the liver, the same as the orginal cancer so that is what lead her to the trial treatments away from home. While getting this new treatment she felt good and when the time was to go home she was excited and feeling good this was Dec 4. We then get an email on Dec 22 saying she was admitted into the hospital and wehn Paula tried to call and get ahold of her she was notified today Dec 23 that she had passed away. This has forced us to face what really can happen and how fast it can happen. It has brought about the same feelings we had when Paula was first diagnosed, but it also makes us glad to have what we do and to appreciate things a little more. We had been gripping and moaning about all the stuff that goes with Christmas the parties, the chaos it had made all that come into perspective of who cares about this life is more important and the fact that we have it.

RIP Bridget