ShaneMan
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This may be too much to think about but I guess this is where I'm at in my life and I am watching it with my own eyes, so it made me think to ask this question. Maybe there won't be any responses and in a way I wouldn't blame anybody because it's a lot to think about. With all this said, here goes.
As you all know, I have a 16 yr. old step daughter with cancer, who was told last Friday, that there is nothing more they could do and that she needs to enjoy what time is left. Doctor didn't give her a time frame but did make a reference to shoot for "sending Valentine's cards out." Kate is a very intelligent girl and I do not think this news was a surprise to her. I believe in my heart, that this is something she has known for quite sometime. Kate did not cry and as soon as the doctor left the room, she started laughing and making the rest of us laugh. She has done this for the full year that she has fought her cancer. Tons of chemo, radiation, 3 major, major surgeries and still keeps smiling, laughing and making everyone else have a good time around her. I watch all of this and I'm always amazed at the attitude and maturity that she displays and it always makes me think, "what would I act like if I was in her shoes?" I can't fully relate because I'm 49 and she's 16, but even at my age I wonder would I be handling it as good as she is?
Now that the stage is set, here's the question. If you knew that you life was going to end in the next few months and you also fully knew that the likelihood of how it was going to end, is going to painful and drag out for some time, how would you act? What would your attitude be? What would you do? Who would you see? Who would you want to hang out with you?
Shane
As you all know, I have a 16 yr. old step daughter with cancer, who was told last Friday, that there is nothing more they could do and that she needs to enjoy what time is left. Doctor didn't give her a time frame but did make a reference to shoot for "sending Valentine's cards out." Kate is a very intelligent girl and I do not think this news was a surprise to her. I believe in my heart, that this is something she has known for quite sometime. Kate did not cry and as soon as the doctor left the room, she started laughing and making the rest of us laugh. She has done this for the full year that she has fought her cancer. Tons of chemo, radiation, 3 major, major surgeries and still keeps smiling, laughing and making everyone else have a good time around her. I watch all of this and I'm always amazed at the attitude and maturity that she displays and it always makes me think, "what would I act like if I was in her shoes?" I can't fully relate because I'm 49 and she's 16, but even at my age I wonder would I be handling it as good as she is?
Now that the stage is set, here's the question. If you knew that you life was going to end in the next few months and you also fully knew that the likelihood of how it was going to end, is going to painful and drag out for some time, how would you act? What would your attitude be? What would you do? Who would you see? Who would you want to hang out with you?
Shane