“I predicted I would probably live to 30 or 35. The change is so drastic, I’ve been questioned concerning the authenticity of the photos.”
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“I predicted I would probably live to 30 or 35. The change is so drastic, I’ve been questioned concerning the authenticity of the photos.”
“For those who were wishing to say goodbye, I’m so sorry. This all happened so much faster than we expected.”
“To all the future moms out there – I see you, and others see you. We know your pain, and we feel your hope. Don’t give up.”
“As we were preparing to leave he told us to hold on a minute. Silence. Excuse me? Did I just hear you correctly? Say that again please…”
“Dad looks up and says, ‘I lost my patience with your mom.’ I tell him he is carrying a load none of us can imagine and frustration is going to happen sometimes.”
“I felt like a monster. What kind of mother wouldn’t want to hold her own child?”
“I was privy to a photo taken of you without your permission.”
“It took multiple trips to the doctors, hospitals and many, MANY appointments to discover what I was suffering from was actually anxiety.”
“He was given the prognosis of ‘probably never being able to walk, talk, or become a productive member of society.’ What does that even mean? I can’t think of a fate worse than those cold words.”
“I remember chunks of hair falling onto my pillow. My body transformed. It took a while to look in the mirror and see my naked face with no eyebrows, yellow eyes. Sometimes I wondered if I’d ever feel better. Then afterwards, it all hits you like a train and you sit there and literally think to yourself, ‘What the heck did I just go through and how in the world did we do it?’ Life after cancer is not easy. One side effect of chemo? Infertility.”