Thursday, February 19, 2009

bad.

My sister-in-law Krystle called just a bit ago. Her mom has cancer and is dying. Krystle's brother Jeremy was Joe's best friend growing up, and is on a job in Blytheville with an electric company and can't drive to MH. So we are going to get him tomorrow (1 1/2 hour drive there), and then to Mountain Home (5 and 1/2 hour drive all together).

I feel horrible. This woman was Joe's second mom growing up. Krystle and Jeremy were a part of his life long before Krystle married Joe's brother. While I have personal negative feelings with Krystle, she is family and I love her. It is so sad. Donna is the nicest person. She has always been really quirky and kind of a hippy, but in an endearing way.

Of course I totally don't mind getting Jeremy at all, I just don't know what to say. I've been there. I lost my mother too. And I know how I felt, but I don't have a clue how he feels. He's been trying to avoid the subject, and we are going to be in a car together for several hours...what do you say in that situation?!?

The worse part of it is that it's happened so fast. Six months ago she had a sun spot that turned out to be melanoma. Then it started to spread. It's in her brain now and they've done chemo and radiation and the docter's said if they do anything else it'll just put her in more pain. It's absolutely heart breaking. They gave her a week or so at best.

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