As some of you may already know, my grandmother (Father's side) was recently diagnosed with colon cancer. She had had rectal cancer before (years ago) and this cancer was caught early because of her history. She has been in chemo for one week now and by the end of this first round she was so weak that she fell and broke her hip. She underwent surgery on Friday and has been home since.
Today, however, it seems she has taken a turn for the worse. She was complaining that she wasn't feeling well and so my uncle took her into the hospital where she was placed in intensive care. The doctors think her lowered blood pressure may be due to a loosened bloodclot and, due to her age and weakened state only give her a 50/50 chance of living through the night.
The real hardship in the situation is not the possibility of her death (she is older and in poor health). The hardship is that she lives in California and neither my parents nor I have seen her in the past 12 years. My father was planning on going out this coming weekend to visit (after hearing her recent cancer diagnosis). Furthermore, I do not know where she stands with Christ. She talks about prayer and God, but it seems to me as more of a "Churched" background than a real knowledge or relationship. I do not know her heart, she may be a fervent believer....
I suppose the real difficulty with a loved one fighting for life is when you don't know if you will see them again in this life or the next.
Please pray for my grandmother, her health, that she will make it through the night. Pray for my father, as I know he blames himself for not having seen her in so long.
Update: She made it through the night and her condition was downgraded from critical to stable. The doctors still aren't sure what was wrong and she isn't out of the woods yet...
No comments:
Post a Comment