June 15, 2007

• [mood |sad ]
  [music| teardrops falling ]

   

  3 days ago my aunt went to the hospital because she had weird bruising everywhere. They admitted her overnight. The next day they got results from the mayo clinic and found out she has leukemia. Today they called and apparently the blood hemmoraged in her brain and she’s in a coma. I guess because of the leukemia, she doesn’t have the platelets to stop the bleeding.
  
  I want to go home. Next week is the last week of school and I am out of sick days. I don’t know what to do. On one hand I want to be there, to see her, even if she won’t know I am there. On the other I wonder if I should–what if I show up and she’s already gone?

   

  I can’t even believe how quick it happened. I guess it’s acute leukemia. The fastest and most fatal kind.
  
  My aunt lived with my mom, my grandparents and I growing up. It’s almost like losing a 2nd mom. I spent the whole day at work not paying any attention to my students, but texting back and forth and taking phone calls from family. Right now I am overwhelmed with sadness. Her and my uncle got married right after HS–she has 3 sons, all under the age of 25. Right now I think my grandparents are taking this the hardest…I can’t bear to hear my grandpa cry. My grandma can’t even talk. It just seems so unfair that this can come so sudden, and so fierce…

   

  [Edit] My aunt passed away around 1am. RIP Aunt TT, I will miss you!

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