Cancer Support and Caregivers Who Are Trail Blazers!

[LeftWriteFemme]

Well, when it rains it pours.....or in our case when it snows it pours. In the midst of 55 inches of snow descending on us blow after blow. My sponsee readys herself for surgery on February 27 and all that is great, they will do the lumpectomy and the breast reduction, take her sentinel node and do the pathology right in the surgical suite and it's going to be fine I'm sure. What we weren't prepared for was the phone call about her brother who contracted 2 forms of viral pneumonia, the H1N1 and Virus A on top of which he has emphysema and COPD. He was taken into the hospital and medically paralized and sedated which caused him to have cardiac arrest. It's been a very stressful time. He is in the infectious ward and we all have to gown up to visit with him. My sponsee's sister and nephew flew up and stayed with me. It's been really intense. I am worried that my sponsee might contract something while she is preparing for her own procedure. Today they preformed a tracheotomy and put in a feeding tube. I feel like we are buying a little time with this. I really don't want my sponsee to have to face the death of her brother the week of her surgery. I am hoping for the best, but I am aware it is out of my hands.
Thank you all for being here. I'm excited for all the good news I've read in this thread recently!!