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  1. Keeping faith.RIP https://forestlawnfuneralhomehouston.com/2023/12/sandra-lee-kasper/?fbclid=IwAR3synR9u_yT21C63zs1-XqPeBsWEy5sT1uv4cijL9weKaSKFTKP2svGof8
  2. Today is way harder than I thought it would be! I hope everyone has a great day.
  3. Well all I can say is I got through my birthday! My friends came over and bought me a card and present so that made me feel not so alone. My cousin arrives from England this afternoon so I’ll enjoy having him here. , I wish I drank!
  4. She was indeed special! I received a card from the Goose Creek Foundation this Friday telling me of a donation in Emily’s name. Although it had Amy’s name on it I now know quite a few of you contributed. I want to thank you all from the bottom of my heart! I have to be honest and tell you I burst into tears at your thoughtfulness. It means so much that you care! At times I feel so alone and this made me feel so much better. I miss her so much and going to the store is just a nightmare with all the school supplies. I have donated a lot of her clothes to charities and her stuffed animals to an abused children’s charity. She donated her corneas but due to the cancer they would not use anything else, so I donated all her eyeglasses to the Lions Eyeglass Charity. It makes me feel better to know someone is benefiting from this awful situation. Again thank you. I will not ever forget your kindness!
  5. My daughter was given a posthumous award this week. It was so hard to be there. https://www.gccisd.net/page/article/3744?fbclid=IwAR1OE-ybxRPog6NpxhS6iLijZIdCzVyGawsI9wR9HxQj70NmgSkRfYI9xmk
  6. Hello everyone. It’s been 7 weeks and I can’t believe it. When I sat with her (and my hubby) in the hospital people said that must be so hard. I tell them that’s the easy part. Living without them is the hardest thing in the world. Going to sell her Mini this week. I can’t let it just sit in the driveway. It’s not easy to look at it everyday. A neighbour said they’d like to buy it but I can’t imagine seeing it in the neighbourhood all the time. some of the girls (eHP) are coming over this weekend so that will cheer me up. I finally have a guest room!
  7. I’m having good days and really bad ones! Yesterday was the first day I haven’t really broken down crying. I’ve been cleaning up her rooms and my daughter kept everything. Not a hoarder but a sentimentalist. I hope you never have to do this. It’s a nightmare deciding what to keep, donate or throw away! It is such an invasion of her privacy and she was a very private person. On the good side I found $500 dollars worth of gift cards and the hotel where we had her celebration of life sent me a $800 refund that I was not expecting. At least it’s keeping me out of trouble. Oh and I wish I drank!
  8. Hi there! I’m still around. Just have little interest in anything right now. The celebration was beautiful and we think we had about 200 people show up and got 160 books! I had a high school friend of hers fly in from Nebraska! I lost my voice talking to all her students. They loved her. A Mexican tradition is called day of the dead when you honour family who has passed. One of her students asked permission to add her to their list of honored.family. It is the greatest thing any one could have asked. I was taken aback.
  9. I thought you might like to see this! I miss her so much! https://www.mykeeper.com/profile/EmilyPatrick/?fbclid=IwAR0XGCgcbjwXs0P9tXmKXleIekGgSC8pdE9gijEqBfm6HeJdF0uPhyVz1go
  10. Thank you for all the good wishes etc. I at least know she’s not in any more pain. To make matters worse it is the 9th anniversary of my husband's death and I have bronchitis!
  11. Guys no miracles any more, just days! I’m posting so I can keep from collapsing!
  12. Trying to catch American Idol tonight but I’m sitting in a hospital room and they’ve just told us we’re going to be changing rooms! Well you’ve probably figured out we've had a setback I can’t remember what I’ve told you but my daughter ended up with blood clots which had to be removed and after that she had terrible pains in her back and yes she now has cancer in her spine! They are not sure if it’s e recurrence or something new! She’s been undergoing tests all week and still nothing definitive. Oh she also got pneumonia! All we can do is wait and see. At least they’re controlling the pain.
  13. Your good thoughts worked! She’s in recovery and the nurse said everything went well. THANK YOU!
  14. Ok I need LOTS of good thoughts. My daughter developed blood clots in her lungs and just left for surgery to “blast” them! Thanks!
  15. Merrieee frantically waving! Remember me? Well life has been just crazy lately. My daughter is smack in the middle of chemo and radiation for her cancer. Monday thru Friday we drive to MDAnderson Cancer Center (60 miles round trip). At least we get the weekend off. She’s been doing pretty well considering. She completely lost her sense of taste and is eating very little. We found these high calorie shakes that are 530 calories each and she struggles to drink them. Luckily she’s not been sick too many times but this wears her out so much she does nothing but sleep when we get home. We made the decision to stay in a hotel a couple of days a week so that’s a bit of a break She is put in an MRI machine when she gets her radiation. There are only 10 machines in the whole country that do this so they keep telling her she’s “special”. 10 more week days to go! On top of this I ended up with a hole in my right retina! No idea how it happened but I’ve had to use eye drops for 3 months. Of course they are not covered by insurance and they are $300 a month! But they are working and the hole is closing so thank goodness I have avoided surgery. Since I am blind in my left eye I could have ended up losing all my vision so it was pretty scary. Talk about stress!\
  16. Popping in to say hi! I know I’ve been MIA but my daughter had a setback with her cancer so I’ve not been in the best frame of mind. She had her tonsils out because they thought there was a chance the cancer was there but it turned out to be in two lymph nodes. So she starts radiation next week. It has been non stop appointments to get everything set up. I think we’ve driven downtown more times in the last few weeks than the whole time I’ve lived in the Houston area. still love the guy though!
  17. Just a quick note to let you know that My daughter has a recurrence of the mouth cancer she had earlier in the year and will be having surgery early December. She will have to recuperate at home for 2 weeks . The dr seems very positive they can get it all and maybe not have radiation but we’ll wait and see. At least this time she’s not in pain in her mouth and can eat unlike last time where she ended up with malnutrition. That throws a lot of plans out the window but her health is more important. So that being said…….I hope you have a great thanksgiving and a Merrie Christmas!
  18. @clayaiken: Not sure where @cbouzy came from, but don't sleep on this guy. His election predictions have been 😳😱🤯 eeriely accurate https://twitter.com/cbouzy/status/1591838120479264768
  19. Thanks. Luckily her school district has a fall break so she had another week to recuperate.
  20. Well I know I’ve been a no show for a while. Just got into a funk I guess! My daughter caught Covid so we were quarantining. That was no fun! She seemed to have a really really bad case of the flu but tested positive. She’s back teaching but is very fatigued! She did lose her taste and smell for a while but it’s coming back. What with her bout with mouth cancer she’s really had it bad this year! I seemed to have dodged a bullet so fingers crossed……. Im still overly cautious about masks and eating out even though I’m fully vacced! I just want everything to be normal but who knows if that will ever happen. Of course here in Houston people are acting like everything is ok but Emily got it from somewhere. We have no idea where.
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