My aunt will likely lose battle with cancer today

[Longhorn Al]

My aunt will lose her battle today according to her daughter and the hospice care. She is 70 years old and has been smoking since she was 15. Oddly enough, it's not lung cancer that is getting her. It was only a few weeks ago that she found out she had cancer just above her kidneys. It had spread all over her body without anyone knowing. It's wrapped around her spine and all throughout her body. Medication won't help, so they've stopped giving it to her as it just made her even weaker. Her husband is there holding her hand, as are her 3 children.

My father was only 4 years old when she got married. So she and her husband are almost like a second set of parents to him. He may take off work to try and be there with her when she passes. Their mother, my granny, is still alive as well. I posted about her not long ago. I don't think she'll have the strength to make it to her bedside.

She's already outlived 5 of her 9 children. This will be the 6th. I can see her outliving another, if not more. I can't fathom what it's like for her. She's very solemn now when she gets the news. It's almost like she knows it's coming.

Please keep my aunt Sallie's family in your thoughts and prayers.

 

[Texanne]

Alan,

I am so sorry to hear of your aunt's illness. I will keep her and your entire family in my prayers as you learn how to get through your stages of grief.

For the record, smoking can cause cancer in body organs other than the lungs. When you consider that every red blood cell you have will, at one time or another, travel to your lungs, you can see that carginogens can be spread. The RBCs go from lungs, back to the heart and out to take oxygen to other organs. They can also carry carcinogens.

At any rate, your aunt had a long and sounds like interesting life, and you can take comfort in the knowledge that through your faith, you will see her again by and by.

 

[Moe Syzlack]

Sorry bro. My prayers are with her and you.

Call me if you need someone to talk too.

 

[longhornbell]

Prayers for you and the family at this sorrowful time.

 

[Bevoette]

Prayers for everyone. may she be at peace.

" It had spread all over her body without anyone knowing."

I had a great aunt, similar thing she never knew she had it till it was too late and all over her body. she was in her 50's or early 60's I believe when she died and she was a heavy smoker.

 

[Texanne]

This is exactly what happened to my mama. We found out she was sick on February 23 and she died March 15. Itwas not easy to deal with, but prayer (and therapy) helped me a lot.

 

[Longhorn Al]

She went in for a pain in her midsection a few months ago. They diagnosed it as gall stones. They removed her gall bladder and said everything else looked fine. When she went in that first time, she also reported pain in her back and hip. After surgery, the pain stayed. More tests were run and they found out that her adrenal gland was a mass. From there it had moved around her spine and into her hip, as well as other places. They gave her 6 months, and I don't think it's even been a month since then.

Thanks for all the kind words and prayers. Really, it's for her immediate family. It'll obviously hit them the hardest. My uncle will be lost without her. He's about 83 and has the beginnings of Alzheimer's. He's still pretty damn sharp, but just slowing down.

I'll be fine. I just hate having to see my dad see another one of his siblings die. Seeing him hurt makes me hurt.

 

[kitty98]

she is in my prayers

 

[VYFan]

I pray that you will all be enriched by her memory for a long time.

 

[horniegrl14]

I'm so sorry. Prayers for all and let me know if there is anything you need.

 

[Longhorn Al]

She's still hanging in there, but it won't be much longer.

Thanks for the prayers.

 

[Longhorn Al]

She passed away yesterday at 3:55 pm. She held on for a few days longer than they thought she would. Friday, one of her sons called my dad and said they thought she was holding on to see her mom. My dad was already getting ready to go tell my granny about it and ask if she wanted to go see her.

My dad went out and told her about Sallie on her death bed basically. My granny wanted to go. She hasn't been able to say goodbye to any of her kids, so she wasn't going to miss this one too. It was very difficult for her to go. She's pretty much bed ridden and only gets in the wheelchair when someone picks her up. My dad got her in the truck and took her out to the house where Sallie was. She spent a good 2 hours at her bedside holding her hand and trying to get her to wake up. She just kept talking to her. Sallie's face smoothed out some when her mom was there. She squeezed her hand and even held onto her wheelchair trying to hold her there. This was special because she was basically in a coma.

At one point, someone told my granny, "granny...she can't hear you." She responded deadpan, "well I can't hear her either." Everyone in the room started laughing, but turned away trying to hold it in. After 2 hours she finally said it was time to go and they left.

Yesterday, Sallie passed away. She held on long enough to see her mother.

The TV was on very low, but all at once the TV blared out some song about love, Sallie opened her eyes really big and let out her last breath.

Look for her obituary in the Austin American Statesman tomorrow under Sallie Hubach.

 

[rustjs1]

Hopefully it was painless. Prayers to your family. I can't imagine sitting around with my family at someone's deathbed.

 

[Texanne]

Alan, I'm so sorry. But Sallie was surrounded by her friends and family, and by LOVE, when she breathed her last. That's all any of us can hope for, really.

Psalm 9:10 helped me find strength when I thought I had none. My prayers for your family.