Sunday, April 18, 2010

Last Chemo This Week!!!!!!

Hopefully this was my last chemo.....went into the hospital on Monday. All the nurses knew me. I was nauseous walking in! They knew the routine wondering when I was going to get rid of my parents... At first I had a private room..It was great...meant to be..don't have to solve the world's problems. All of a sudden this young girl, Carmelina, walks in with the most enormous boobs and doesn't speak english...great..I asked her where her cancer was and she points to her boobs. The nurse came in and whispered she has leukemia , she's 24, no family, no money no nothing. Speaks Spanish only..She has no health insurance and a lot of treatment is done for free..she checks in a day earlier because she likes to eat. Great...now I feel so sorry for her...we tried to communicate and the day ended. The next day she was crying and going out to talk to the other nurses. all day something was wrong..she came in and I asked her what's up...A nurse interpreter came in she explained she was 5 weeks pregnant and they want her to abort the baby right away. She has been getting chemo for the last month and if she stopped it would kill her..and also the baby was exposed to chemo..the nurse said to me try to help her....so I gave her fifty dollars because she had no money....she smiled...then I let her use my computer for her email.....she used it and was so happy. Then after that she started crying...I said CALL THE PRIEST!!! She wanted to hear she was doing the right thing...nurse said in the morning....I woke up buzzed for the nurse and said CALL THE PRIEST! The priest came directly to my bed...you're not for me I'm sinless..haha I explained the situation..the Priest spoke to her...Meanwhile my doctor comes in and wants to give me a blood transfusion...I flipped...no "Amerigan" blood...what if some Irish blood gets in me ..I want pure Sicilian blood..while I was talking to the doctor Carmelina disappears. I have to get this blood transfusion and check out..I'm done....but where is my lunch..I'm starved.....The nurse comes in and I asked where is Carmelina...oh she's down in McDoanlds....whaT!!!!! something is wrong with this picture....she's eating using my money and I'm up here..starved......oh well.....My parents came to pick me up....Good thing it was in the afternoon...my mom did her food shopping...guess what...she bought spinach for dinner.

5 comments:

  1. Poor Carmelina. Betty you did the Christian thing giving her money and support. So young to have cancer and to be pregnant. Ugh.

    I'm imaging your alien shrinking so no more chemo!

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  2. what a story. so hopefully this is it. wanted to tell you that dr. singer was awarded the highest honors for his sarcoma expertise. you have the best. tell him i said so

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  3. Only you would wind up next to a Spanish, pregnant, not insured person and help rather than request another room. The "Big Guy" is watching every move and is killing the alien for you. So tell me is Mom making a cold spinach salad with bacon bits????? What time should I be there?

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  4. Betty great story and great news! I'm trying to remember the last time I had fifty dollars in my wallet.

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  5. Betty you crack me up. You are, among other amzing things, a human MAC Machine.

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