Thank you for prayers for her. She is a courageous girl. Her name is Jacki Bulls and she is 28 years old. She has had Cancer since she was 21 years old and has survived brain Cancer twice, the first surgery two weeks after she got married and the other later on. Her husband made a journal of her surgery and it was something to see. Made one see how critical it is for the patient.
Had her left lung removed and all her reproductive organs and now has three tumors in her stomach, all cancerous. She was on a trial and had an MRI and the Dr. told her that particular chemo was not doing its job, so told her to come back in two weeks he had two other trials he wanted to look at for her. He gave her all the details about them and she does not want to have them as she says they will be horrible, but knowing her she will pick one as she does want to live so badly. Her older and younger sister had babies in June and August and she loves them so much and babysat the youngest yesterday. She is hoping that if she ever gets in total remission that she and her husband will be able to adopt a child. Says that even if the child has Cancer of any kind she felt she could be a positive part of a child's life. She is the bravest person I know in our Cancer group and I just love her and her Mother. They both are such neat individuals. Her Mom is her Rock of Gibralter and encourages her so much to fight. She has had so much chemo, not all her hair has ever grown back completely and Bless Her, she is not afraid to show you how bawl she is on top. She does not think her hair will ever come completely back, but she is so cute you don't tend to notice it at all and she wears cute scarfs and hats.
I am just so grateful they took me up on my offer and I think they will be very comfortable here. I am only about fifteen or twenty minutes from M. D. Anderson and have always made myself available for anyone of our Cancer group to stay with me if they chose MDA to come to for treatment. I put them in the quarters so they could have their privacy and come and go as they pleased, with someone here that truly understands the trials of Cancer they are going through. She has been having a lot of pain in her hip and they are doing an MRI on her tomorrow to see just what is causing that and I pray it is not Cancer there. She has had more Cancers than anyone in our group and still alive to tell about it. That is why she is our hero and she shares so much with others and helps them to understand there can be life with Cancer and not give up. Her family is very close to her and she says their support has been very important to her, as well as all of us in our Cancer group. Our group believes strongly in prayers and we have seen some miracles before and we are all praying that she will be one of the miracles here now. We also have some who there is no help for and they ask us to pray that their loved ones goes quickly and is relieved of any further suffering. This is such a terrible disease and we also pray that soon a cure will be found for it.
We have had many that have survived with two different Cancers and been in remission for many years. They too provide much support and information for those that are going through their kinds of Cancer now. It is a wonderful group like cyber- familes and we have a large population and growing all the time. We have a lot of young people having it for the first time and showing all the fears we had when first diagnosed. It is a very good feeling to know you are helping someone who is suffering worse than you had to. I believe it all comes back to you in some way and I know if I ever need their love and support, it will be there. That is a very comforting feeling to know. We now have a couple of ladies that are on the end of their journey and unless they receive a miracle they will not be with us much longer. In that case, we pray for a miracle and if it does not come, that their journey home to be without too much pain and that the Dr.'s keep them comfortable until their end.
Hospice is a wonderful service when that happens and many have said they could not have lost someone without having the wonderful people in Hospice involved, that they help with everything they can and do stay in service until the end comes. That is one group that we all donate to as we feel their service is so valuable to those crossing over. Some of my family members have used their service and they are the best. |
