Friday, November 18, 2005

Where Are Good Places For Tweens To Play



I haven't commented about my mother's health on a while. That's because I thought things were going soothly, even if a little slow. It seemed she was slowly improving and recovering the movement of her right side, the one affected by her tumor. She ocassionally had convulsions, though they were soft and didn't annoy her much. So we, her kids,  were confident that, in a few more days, she'd be able to walk again with the help of a walker.

But her state has gradually worsened the last coupe of weeks. Convulsiuons went worse and she started to have strong headhaches. While at the beginning we thought it could be because of the chemotherapy pills the doctors gave to her, we started to worry when we realized the convulsions were alsAffecting or her left side. And she Feels terrible headhaches When we move her to, for instance, take her to the bathroom.

Today, we've spoken with the oncologist, and What She Told us wasn't pleasant at all. This is a signal That the tumor is spreading again. And it's spreading very, very fast.

And Told us to brace for what's going to come next. More or less, she Warned Us That We're going to witness how my mother's health is going to fade as the tumor invades more sane tissue. And, together with her health, her Ability to speak, to synchronize her body, to Recognize Things and Subjects, to see, To Be herself. She Described

us what's going to Happen after this. She'll feel Gradually Worse, and more tired, Until There Will Be a moment when she'll get into a comma. Then, she'll be moved to the hospital, to the palliative care zone, where they'll care her until she's gone.

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