my sister just called in tears. my sister patty is the one that i am close with. she has the two boxers. her daughter, my niece, amanda, is in the hospital.she is only 19 years old and their only daughter. she is gregs only child. she works at petsmart and was falling down at work last night. she had been having problems before that , that she thought were just bladder problems. they did a catscan and an MRI also. the doctors told my sister this morning that they found something on the MRI .it is in or on her spine. we just lost a close cousin last year to cancer and our brother and uncle are both terminal. i dont think my sister could deal with the loss of her only daughter. amanda and my daughter kayla are very close and i am dreading having to tell her the news when she gets home from school.please keep amanda in your prayers that the news will be good. i dont think they will be able to handle it if it isnt..
thanks guys ! i just talked to amanda on the phone. she was groggy sounding. she said they are waiting for a neurologist from the university of washington to come in . he will examine her and look over all the results from the mri's and catscan. they still dont know what is going on. she said she has been going numb from the waist down for about a week now and last night her legs were going out from under her. she said they didnt have to numb her to do the spinal because she was already numb. scarey. i am praying that it isnt something major. quinn is thinking tumor. i thought the same thing. hopefully it will be something treatable. i will let you all know when i find out more. thanks again ,you guys are the best !
Oh Dusty! I am so sorry. I will definitely keep all of you in my prayers.
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Oh man Dusty! Please let us know as soon as you hear something, that is soooo scary! I'm so sorry you and your family have to go through this. I will keep her in my thoughts and pray for an angel to be on her shoulder through this
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well they still dont know what is wrong. they have ruled out menningitis and MS . she tried to walk with a walker today and she could only go about 20 feet before the pain got too severe and her legs would fail. she is one scared young girl. hopefully they will be able to find the problem soon. my sister is a basket case to boot. she has cancelled all her hair appts and has been staying at the hospital with amanda. kayla and i are going there tommorrow and hopefully they will know more by then. thanks again for all your thoughts and prayers.
I am sying an extra pryer tonite, for you and your niece Amanda. So young, I feel horrible . Lucas My son lost his hearing from Menningitis. I hope and will pray again she will be ok!
thanks lovin. i have always been the one the family calls for help or comfort. normally i would have went to the hospital right away and i feel so bad that i couldnt. i told my sister that i had a bad cold and didnt want to get amanda even more sick. and i hate lying to her, but the truth is my feet have been hurting so bad this past week that i can barely walk to the bathroom, let alone around a big hospital. and i dont want to tell my sister that or she will be worrying about me too and she doesnt need that right now.driving is even worse. just pressing the gas and brake pedals is extremely painful. i cant even wear the orthodics because my feet are swelled up so bad that i cant put my shoes on. but i have to put that all aside and go and be there for them and try to hide the pain. i just hope they figure it out soon. my sister is always so happy sounding. and now i feel like i'm talking to a robot. hopefully i can cheer them up a little.
Why do you feel like you are" talking to a robot Dusty? " I bet you are a big source of strength in your family though. I wish Amanda the best, and I can tell you must be a lot of peoples "shoulder to cry on!" I think your great too, and we have never met! I hope everything goes well with your legs and your nieces issues as well. If you dont feel good, then you should just say that to your sis , since you are close too. I am sure she would totally understand! I know my brother, Logans father would understand! You need to say when you dont feel good too!