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MY DAUGHTERS STORY
TOLD BY ME ~HER MOM~
"OH" MY FAMILY HAS GONE THROUGH SOME VERY HEAVY DUTY
TRIALS IN OUR LIVES, BUT AS WE WOULD FIND OUT NOTHING QUITE LIKE THIS ONE.
MY DAUGHTER SUSAN WAS 35 YEARS OLD THE YEAR WAS 1999.
I WAS SETTING WORKING ON THE COMPUTER, IT WAS A
BEAUTIFUL JULY DAY. SUSAN WAS TAKING A SHOWER. WHEN SUSAN CAME INTO THE ROOM
WITH ME AND TOLD ME THERE WAS A BALL IN HER BREAST WITH PANIC IN HER VOICE AND
TEARS IN HERE EYES, I KNEW OUR LIVES WOULD BE FOREVER CHANGED.
SUSAN CALLED HER HMO DOCTOR THAT MOMENT, AND GOT AN APPOINTMENT FOR THAT DAY.
WHEN HER DOCTOR EXAMINED HER, HE TOLD HER IT WAS MORE
THEN LIKELY NOTHING AS IT DIDN'T FEEL LIKE ANYTHING BAD. HE TOLD HER HE
WOULD TAKE A BIOPSY, TO MAKE HER FEEL BETTER. WITH HIS ALMOST CERTAINTY, WE
TRIED TO RELAX.
HE TOOK THE BIOPSY A FEW DAYS LATER, AND EVEN THEN HE
TOLD HER IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE CANCER. SO AGAIN WE RELAXED. ABOUT TWO WEEKS LATER
SHE WENT TO GET THE RESULTS, SHE AND I WERE VERY CONFIDENT IT WAS NOTHING.
WHILE WE WAITED IN THE WAITING ROOM, THERE WAS A MEDICAL
ASSISTANT WHO MY DAUGHTER KNEW AND WENT TO SCHOOL WITH.
THIS IS HOW I FOUND OUT MY DAUGHTER HAD BREAST CANCER. A
MEDICAL ASSISTANT WITH NO MORALS GOSSIPED TO ANOTHER MEDICAL ASSISTANT IN THE
WAITING AREA WHERE WE WERE SETTING.
MY DAUGHTER DIDN'T HEAR HER, BUT I DID, AND THERE WERE
NO WORDS I COULD USE TO TELL SUSAN WHAT I HAD JUST HEARD. I WAS IN SHOCK.
SUSAN , HER DAUGHTER AND I ALL WENT INTO THE EXAM ROOM.
AND IT WAS THEN THE DOCTOR SAID, "I AM SO SORRY YOU HAVE CANCER."
THOSE WORDS WILL NEVER LEAVE SUSAN OR ME, I STILL RECALL
THAT DAY AS IF IT WERE YESTERDAY. AND YES OUR LIVES HAVE CHANGED FOR EVER.
~MEMORIES~
THIS WAS SO SAD AND HURTFUL. WHEN SUSAN'S DOCTOR TOLD
HER THAT DAY SHE HAD CANCER, WE CALLED MY SON ,MY SISTER, MY BROTHER, WE
COULDN'T FIND ANYONE TO COME PICK US UP AND DRIVE US HOME
I DON'T DRIVE BECAUSE OF MY BAD BACK, SO SUSAN HAD TO
COMPOSE HERSELF AND DRIVE US ALL HOME. THAT IS HOW STRONG MY DEAR DAUGHTER IS.
SHE HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE STRONG ONE IN THE FAMILY, SHE AMAZES ME.
I REMEMBER WHEN SUSAN STARTED LOOSING HER HAIR. WE HAD
GONE TO A MOTHER DAUGHTER TEA FROM THE HOME SCHOOL MY GRANDDAUGHTER ATTENDED, IT
WAS OUT DOORS.
THE WIND WAS BLOWING GENTLY, AND SUSAN'S HAIR STARTED
COMING OUT AND BLOWING AWAY, ONE OF THE SADDEST DAYS FOR SUSAN AND ME.
ALSO SAD IS THAT SHE HAS TO BE CHECKED AT LEAST ONCE A
YEAR, SHE ALWAYS LOOKS SO SAD AND SCARED. THIS BRAKES MY HEART.
WE KNOW IT IS NECESSARY FOR HER TO STAY WELL, BUT UNLESS
YOU HAVE GONE THROUGH IT AND KNOW THE FEAR CANCER CAN PUT YOU THROUGH, IT IS
STILL A SCARY WAY OF LIFE.
SPEAKING OF LIFE , SUSAN IS A 10 YEAR SURVIVOR. PRAISE
GOD, TO GOD BE THE GLORY.
SUSAN EVEN MADE THE SURGEON STOP AND PRAY WITH HER
BEFORE SHE ALLOWED THE SURGERY TO HAPPEN.
YES WE ALL PRAISE GOD, FOR THROUGH HIM ALL THINGS ARE
POSSIBLE, HE TURNS ALL BAD TO GOOD, HALLELUJAH. HE IS THE GREAT HEALER AND I
STAND ON HIS WORD.
~ASK AND YOU SHALL RECEIVE~
THE LORD ONLY GIVES YOU WHAT YOU CAN HANDLE, HE KNEW WE
COULDN'T DO WITHOUT SUSAN.
THERE IS SO MUCH MORE TO THIS TESTIMONY, IT WILL HAVE TO
COME AT ANOTHER TIME, MY MIND AND EYES ARE WEARY.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
TRUST IN GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART WITH ALL YOUR
SOUL AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND AND LEAN NOT TO YOUR OWN UNDERSTANDING.
AUTHOR
HEATHER
2007
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