This week was not too crazy and thanks to a new medicine I’m actually getting some sleep, in fact I slept a full 6 hours last night! I’ve got several appointments scheduled with Body’s in Balance to help with the tightness and limited range of motion on my left side. Labs and chemo yesterday, I have never seen it so crowded and it got to me so I had to find a quiet place to read while I waited to be called back for my infusion. I don’t recall ever seeing anyone there under the age of 65 but across from me on the same row sat a young girl the age of 20. I couldn’t help but hear her talking and she was concerned for her mother-n-law who was in an accident and in the hospital. Her attitude was very positive and as hard as I tried I was fighting back tears at the thought of such a young life having to endure the road that lie ahead of her. All sorts of thoughts ran through my mind: will she be able to have children, is it remission possible, how long will she have to come for treatment and be subjected to all that goes with chemo, does she have a great support system? (good is not good enough) your support system must be great because cancer is brutal in every aspect that can affect the human form. After a while she curled up with her colorful blanket, no doubt picked out and brought from home to cheer and comfort her, and she fell asleep! She was so small and it struck me again that cancer doesn’t play favorites, knows no boundaries and doesn’t care about your plans for the future. After my treatment was completed and I left I found out from my mother that the young girl has a form of Leukemia. Now I know that NO cancer is better than any cancer but leukemia is very treatable and this did more for my heart than if the doctor had told me that my own cancer had vanished! As I write this I have tears falling because this young, beautiful, married child will have a future, and I pray that she will use it to bless others as she goes through life. She was still sleeping soundly when I left and I wondered if I would ever see her again. Now I’m just speculating mind you but based on what I heard and seen of her, I’ll bet she never asked “why me”. I don’t know her but I already admire this young woman and the strength that she showed me without her even knowing it!
1 Peter 1:13
“Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ”.
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