My MIL had been diagnosed with lung cancer about four years ago. She had been cancer free for over a year when they found a very small tumor back in the fall of last year. They started treatment at the first of the year and then they did a scan a few months ago and the tumor had gone away but they noticed a small area in her lung again and decided to do more treatments.
MIL seemed fine up until 3-4 weeks ago when she started not wanting to eat, slept around the clock and was just not herself at all. Finally, three weeks ago her family made her go to the doctor and get seen. The next day they did a scan and found out the lung cancer was getting bigger and it was happening very fast. She refused anymore treatements because all they could do was radiation and that would be risky. She very quickly went downhill. We took the kids to see her almost every day at first and she went from sitting up and talking some on Wednesday of that week to barely moving by Friday evening.
My kids last saw her even barely coherent on Friday and Saturday and she puckered up to kiss them and smiled a little bit. She died a week later.
It was so hard to watch MIL pass this way. She has always been a very vibrant, hyper and strong woman. She lasted longer than the doctors said she would so she was very strong in the end. Her tumor grew so very quickly in such a short amount of time. It's so hard to understand how someone's life can just be snatched up like that so fast.
I was not extremely close to my MIL but we got along, and she spent a lot of time over at our house visiting and her and FIL would come over and hang out at least once per month with us and we visited them a lot so we had gotten closer in the last two years. I just can't stop thinking about how unfair this is.
FIL has also had a lot of health problems in the past year and has been in the hospital for various problems 9 times since October of last year. It's such a sad situation. We are trying to do as much as we can for him but I don't know how he does it. He is not in good health at all and I fear that my grandkids will lose another grandparent too fast. FIL and MIL had been married many, many years and I can't even imagine losing someone so close and dear to me.
I just can't believe MIL isn't going to walk in the front door at their house or that she isn't going to call on the phone and want to talk about an outfit she saw at a store for our DD. It's just so hard to understand, especially because of the way she passed on. It was completely unexpected.
I'm sorry this is so long but I guess I needed to get my feelings out. I also feel for their older grandkids and DH and his siblings. I can only imagine what they are all dealing with in their minds right now because they have all been close to MIL their whole lives.
MIL seemed fine up until 3-4 weeks ago when she started not wanting to eat, slept around the clock and was just not herself at all. Finally, three weeks ago her family made her go to the doctor and get seen. The next day they did a scan and found out the lung cancer was getting bigger and it was happening very fast. She refused anymore treatements because all they could do was radiation and that would be risky. She very quickly went downhill. We took the kids to see her almost every day at first and she went from sitting up and talking some on Wednesday of that week to barely moving by Friday evening.
My kids last saw her even barely coherent on Friday and Saturday and she puckered up to kiss them and smiled a little bit. She died a week later.It was so hard to watch MIL pass this way. She has always been a very vibrant, hyper and strong woman. She lasted longer than the doctors said she would so she was very strong in the end. Her tumor grew so very quickly in such a short amount of time. It's so hard to understand how someone's life can just be snatched up like that so fast.
I was not extremely close to my MIL but we got along, and she spent a lot of time over at our house visiting and her and FIL would come over and hang out at least once per month with us and we visited them a lot so we had gotten closer in the last two years. I just can't stop thinking about how unfair this is.
FIL has also had a lot of health problems in the past year and has been in the hospital for various problems 9 times since October of last year.
It's such a sad situation. We are trying to do as much as we can for him but I don't know how he does it. He is not in good health at all and I fear that my grandkids will lose another grandparent too fast. FIL and MIL had been married many, many years and I can't even imagine losing someone so close and dear to me.I just can't believe MIL isn't going to walk in the front door at their house or that she isn't going to call on the phone and want to talk about an outfit she saw at a store for our DD.
It's just so hard to understand, especially because of the way she passed on. It was completely unexpected.I'm sorry this is so long but I guess I needed to get my feelings out. I also feel for their older grandkids and DH and his siblings. I can only imagine what they are all dealing with in their minds right now because they have all been close to MIL their whole lives.
I'm so sorry.
I'm so, so sorry. You and your family will be in my thoughts.
