cancer – Page 2 – The Tennessee Honeybee

It’s Over

Only minutes after my last post my aunt raced into the hallway and said, “Christina, she’s not breathing!” I raced to her room and checked

We have entered another night. She is still with us… with me. Her breathing is shallow, at 5-6 breaths per minute, but she is peaceful

The night watch has become the death watch. Chelsea’s breathing is very labored, she is no longer speaking, all the stages we were told to

I’ve taken the night shift. The house sleeps around me: my husband rests his head in my lap, my mother beside me. The cats look

I know it has been a while since I’ve posted anything but life has been super crazy. We went to Las Vegas (and I wrote

The immediate response of those who have heard my sister’s story has been, “I’m so sorry. Please let me know if I can do anything.”

Cancer. It’s a word you never want to hear, particularly not when it is attached to a diagnosis for your little sister. My sister was