13/01/2024
Hola, bichachos!
Long rambling ahead, so feel free to skip it and be back tomorrow for my usual meme.
This post will be about my lady human and her 2 year Cancerversary.
Two years ago today her life was about to be changed forever. She was in her early thirties, pregnant with her second child, healthy and happy. Very, very happy.
Yes, she had days when she felt dizzy, some strange bruises, some night cold sweats, she was feeling tired but she had a good explanation for everything; not enough sleep, being clumsy, not eating enough, everything had a good motive. Until it didn't...
With all the cov*d thing, she skipped her annual check ups for two years, so now, being pregnant, she had a check up with her doctor and some blood work Done. It was just routine.
And then came the phone. That phone that no one wants to get - Something is wrong, please go to a hospital immediately.
So she went to the nearest one, where they took a look at her results and sent her to another one.
And then another one.
And another one.
Five hospitals later, she finally had an answer.
Leukemia.
If she had waited one more month, she would have not been here anymore.
And then it all became dizzy.
Days, weeks, months, a long hospital stay, the loss of her baby, treatments, loneliness and pain.
Due to covid, she was not allowed visitors and that was so hard. Being alone there, having to go through it all alone, it kills you.
Losing your child, being told you have 5 years but it can be more, or less, it can be 10 years or 10 months, no one can tell. It's just luck, I guess. Or bad luck. It makes you want to live, you know? Ok, she had it hard. Ok, she has to get chemo pills each day, hospital stays every month. But still, she has David, her son, at home, our human dad, Big Momma, me, Lil S**t, Big Ears, Misha, Masha, Maia, Misty, KFC, the ducked one (yeah, the one Big Momma feed by the bottle), the black one (no name yet 😅) you bichachos, here.
She lost a world but she still has a world that's waiting for her home. She has a lot to be grateful for.
And she will make it a Happy Cancerversary.
Not about what she lost but about what she has. A milestone. She made it to another milestone. Another year with David, another year with us.
Yes, nothing will ever be the same again.
Yes, she had to adjust to the new her, nausea, hair loss, fragile bones, fragile everything.
But she is here and that is what matters the most. Cheers to that one more year and many more to come!
Bichachos, please get your blood tests done regularly, screenings, anything. There is nothing more important than health, not even money, nothing. Take care of you so you can take care of your loved ones. They need you!
To all the cancer patients out there, please remember we are not victims. We are fighters!! Survivors!! We are more than our cancer and our cancer does not define us. We are strong and we can make it! And we will make it. ❤️
Thank you all for everything, I love you, bichachos!
Take care!
P. S. Duck cancer!!!