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June 3rd, 2008 at 03:33 pm

I just talked to my mom, and she just found out her older sister has lung cancer. She is 84. She is having more test run, and we should get more information on Friday.

This is my moms only living sibling. My aunt has always been a very heavy smoker, the only smoker of the family. In fact, she is the first on this side of the family to even have cancer that I know of.

My girls are not taking this well--this great aunt of theirs is also their pen pal, and they like making her little treasures and crafts and send them to her.

7 Responses to “Bad news”

  1. mom-sense Says:
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    So sorry to hear - prayers for your family and your aunt.

  2. koppur Says:
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    Oh, I'm so sorry to hear that. Blessings!

  3. Ima saver Says:
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    So sorry to hear that. My mother died from lung cancer. Then I quit smoking.

  4. Joan.of.the.Arch Says:
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    Oh, sad for your family. Do you live far away? When my grandmother was dying was one of the times I was most grateful to be homeschooling my child. We were able to leave town and be with her, as a family should be. It felt so right to have my child there, instead of only pulling him out of school at the last minute to attend a funeral. It is more important attend to the dying person than the attend the dead body. If he'd been in school we could only have arranged permission for him to attend the dead body....Apologies if my thoughts strike you as strange right now. I remember that your kids are educated at home.

  5. mom-from-missouri Says:
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    She is in AZ and we are in MO.
    I talked to DH last night, and we are going to see if it is in the budget to take a trip down to see her soon. We are waiting to get the rest of her test results first (hopefully Friday) and then will make plans. We may make that our vacation this year. I think it would mainly just be our fuel there, as she has a house we could stay at.

  6. snoopycool Says:
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    I'm sorry to hear this, too.

  7. Carolina Bound Says:
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    Oh dear, I am so sorry. Making a visit is a good idea.

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