The Answers
We will start with this:
This is what Emily looked like today as she was the only one oblivious to the fact that her mother has MS. It was definitively confirmed today. Martha is still pretty calm. She even joked with me about what the lesions on her brain looked like. Honestly, I am calmer too. There is something about the fact that we know, that there is no waiting anymore that makes a bit of a difference. Not the happiest of news, but still, it is definitive news.
The specialist says that this isn't as bad a diagnosis as it would have been 30 years ago. He went as far as saying that when she is seventy years old she will look back and say, "Hey, that wasn't so bad." I am sure part of that is just to soften the blow, but I have done some research, and many do in fact live full lives now with this disease. Some don't, but then again, some healthy people get hit by buses, so it is just a matter of being thankful for the good odds.
While I was getting the information of the diagnosis, my father took my mother into the hospital. Not sure still what the specifics were. I heard him mention weakness, and she had surgery on her arm a week ago. Status reports since said she was dehydrated. They also mentioned some other things they are looking at, and that if they didn't get promising results, they might be admitting her. We were supposed to know by 9pm. That was over an hour ago. Still waiting.
But, those are the basics. Feel free to return to your normal healthy life, or something close to it.
This is what Emily looked like today as she was the only one oblivious to the fact that her mother has MS. It was definitively confirmed today. Martha is still pretty calm. She even joked with me about what the lesions on her brain looked like. Honestly, I am calmer too. There is something about the fact that we know, that there is no waiting anymore that makes a bit of a difference. Not the happiest of news, but still, it is definitive news.
The specialist says that this isn't as bad a diagnosis as it would have been 30 years ago. He went as far as saying that when she is seventy years old she will look back and say, "Hey, that wasn't so bad." I am sure part of that is just to soften the blow, but I have done some research, and many do in fact live full lives now with this disease. Some don't, but then again, some healthy people get hit by buses, so it is just a matter of being thankful for the good odds.
While I was getting the information of the diagnosis, my father took my mother into the hospital. Not sure still what the specifics were. I heard him mention weakness, and she had surgery on her arm a week ago. Status reports since said she was dehydrated. They also mentioned some other things they are looking at, and that if they didn't get promising results, they might be admitting her. We were supposed to know by 9pm. That was over an hour ago. Still waiting.
But, those are the basics. Feel free to return to your normal healthy life, or something close to it.
posted by Wanderer at 10:09 PM
6 Comments:
Who says "keep having babies"? Have they not seen a newspaper since 1972 or do they just yearn to be in debt for the rest of their lives?
I was only saying that there are hormones produced during pregnancy that seem to reduce the affects of the MS...
I saw a British commercial the other day, this bloke was in the store with a youngster deep in the grip of the demon of the terrible twos...
this little guy was throwing a major tantrum and the bloke looked like he was at the end of his rope...the sales pitch? "Please Use Condoms"
LOL
Hey man. Praying for you guys. Sending good vibes thoughts too.
LYB
Seraphim
Thanks for sharing. I'll be praying, and if there's anything a Canadian can do, let me know.
Wow. I am praying for you, your wife and the ever beautiful Emily. I cannot imagine what you must be going through.
Thank you, your prayers are much appreciated.
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