People want to broadcast everyone's business, and they usually get the story wrong and it upsets a lot of people.
My 49 year old sister-in-law is in the latter stages of cancer. 8 months ago she was diagnosed with lung cancer (never smoked a day in her life). It was a very aggressive form which quickly spread to her liver and brain. She is a single mom of a 10 year old daughter and 13 year old son.
They lived in Phoenix, and all of her family lives back here in Indiana. We knew the time would come when she would have to come back here and let us take care of her. That time came about 2 months ago. Her daughter came here with her, but her son wanted to stay out there with his dad because he didn't want to change schools. They've all kept in touch over Skype and her son is flying here over Thanksgiving to visit.
She had to be hospitalized over the weekend. She no longer has the energy to do anything for herself. She cannot go to the bathroom on her own, and cannot get up and do anything. She is on heavy pain medication which is taking any strength she has to fight it. Her daughter is staying with my other sister-in-law right now while her mom is in the hospital.
Her kids know she is going to die and not get better, but we've tried to spare them all the details. Today, my sister in law went into seizures in the hospital. They had to give her a heavy dose of Vallium, I believe, to stop the seizures and this shut her lungs down so they had to give her a breathing tube and put her in ICU. She is stable now and responsive. The breathing tube will probably come out tomorrow and she can go back to a regular bed.
We've asked people not to post updates on Facebook because her kids check Facebook and we don't want to upset them. We politely asked people just to give us a call for updates. She is not going to die tonight. The end is getting near for her, probably by Christmas, yet one family member gets on Facebook tonight and decides to tell everyone that she's been put on life support, the end is near, and she needs prayers. This is not the case at all. She was not put on life support. She is responsive and answering all questions put to her, and was given a breathing tube which will probably come out tomorrow. Needless to say, her kids saw the post and they are hysterical, almost inconsolable and they want to go see their mom right now, but she is in ICU and because of their ages, they are not allowed in ICU unless she is about to die.. which she's not.
Its just ridiculous that someone would post something like that which was factually incorrect, and because we had asked them not to. So I guess it really isn't Facebook that sucks, its the people that use it who suck sometimes.
My 49 year old sister-in-law is in the latter stages of cancer. 8 months ago she was diagnosed with lung cancer (never smoked a day in her life). It was a very aggressive form which quickly spread to her liver and brain. She is a single mom of a 10 year old daughter and 13 year old son.
They lived in Phoenix, and all of her family lives back here in Indiana. We knew the time would come when she would have to come back here and let us take care of her. That time came about 2 months ago. Her daughter came here with her, but her son wanted to stay out there with his dad because he didn't want to change schools. They've all kept in touch over Skype and her son is flying here over Thanksgiving to visit.
She had to be hospitalized over the weekend. She no longer has the energy to do anything for herself. She cannot go to the bathroom on her own, and cannot get up and do anything. She is on heavy pain medication which is taking any strength she has to fight it. Her daughter is staying with my other sister-in-law right now while her mom is in the hospital.
Her kids know she is going to die and not get better, but we've tried to spare them all the details. Today, my sister in law went into seizures in the hospital. They had to give her a heavy dose of Vallium, I believe, to stop the seizures and this shut her lungs down so they had to give her a breathing tube and put her in ICU. She is stable now and responsive. The breathing tube will probably come out tomorrow and she can go back to a regular bed.
We've asked people not to post updates on Facebook because her kids check Facebook and we don't want to upset them. We politely asked people just to give us a call for updates. She is not going to die tonight. The end is getting near for her, probably by Christmas, yet one family member gets on Facebook tonight and decides to tell everyone that she's been put on life support, the end is near, and she needs prayers. This is not the case at all. She was not put on life support. She is responsive and answering all questions put to her, and was given a breathing tube which will probably come out tomorrow. Needless to say, her kids saw the post and they are hysterical, almost inconsolable and they want to go see their mom right now, but she is in ICU and because of their ages, they are not allowed in ICU unless she is about to die.. which she's not.
Its just ridiculous that someone would post something like that which was factually incorrect, and because we had asked them not to. So I guess it really isn't Facebook that sucks, its the people that use it who suck sometimes.
