Ya'll save a prayer for my nephew

[NEVERENOUGHWDW]

Prayers being said & will continue for your nephew & the entire family. Please keep us posted.

 

[TheBigBadWolf]

Saying prayers for your nephew and your family. I hope you or your mother are able to persuade him to go to Duke.

 

[polkadotsuitcase]

That's got to be a shock for such a young man. I'm glad he has someone to lean on. Sending healing thoughts and prayers...

 

[mmorrison]

Take him to Emory!!!!! As an employee and native to Atlanta there is NOT a better cancer institute than Winship.

 

[Dan Murphy]

Prayers said for your nephew, minky. Hoping all goes well in days and months ahead.

 

[minkydog]

Take him to Emory!!!!! As an employee and native to Atlanta there is NOT a better cancer institute than Winship.

Thanks. We love Emory. DH had his brain biopsy there in 2002 and they couldn't have been nicer. We live in Cobb County, so DNephew could stay with us(if he could stand it ).

 

[DVCJones]

Sending prayers his way.

 

[Mskanga]

I can tell you from experience that they are overwhealmed. You may want to tell the partner that there's a website they can set up a page for your nephew to keep up with informing family and friends of what is going on , I did it with my daughter and I can honestly tell you it was therapy for me also to write out not only what was going on but our thoughts as well.
www.caringbridge.org
My daughter had bone cancer and our hospital and doctors were three hours away but I cannot emphasize enough the importance of being treated in a place especialized in the disease . We found that in our area NOBODY knew how to treat bone cancer and they wanted to use my daughter as a guinea pig.
Staph infections and low fevers will happen many times.
Best of luck to your nephew and keeping him in our prayers.

 

[AnnaS]

Prayers and good thoughts coming his way and for everyone.

 

[sharbear]

I do think it's a good idea if you can to go there and visit your nephew. I'm sure he and his partner are very overwhelmed. Try to ask and see if you can just visit him. Maybe bring up the angle that you are a nurse and you can ask and answer questions for them that would help them understand from the medical angle. When you are there try again to get your nephew to go to a cancer treatment center.

I find that it's easier to talk people into things when you are there in person. It's very hard to try to talk to someone over the phone. Face to face you can try to persuade better.

Prayers sent for your nephew and his partner. What a terrible thing to face.

 

[Robinrs]

Prayers to all involved, minky and Disney1990. How amazing life is, we sometimes forget to stay on our knees.

God bless you all....

 

[snapppyd]

I'm so sorry. It must be so frustrating to be in the medical field and not be able to get more information or be able to assist with care.

He is so young, I will say a prayer for him.

 

[minkydog]

I can tell you from experience that they are overwhealmed. You may want to tell the partner that there's a website they can set up a page for your nephew to keep up with informing family and friends of what is going on , I did it with my daughter and I can honestly tell you it was therapy for me also to write out not only what was going on but our thoughts as well.
www.caringbridge.org
My daughter had bone cancer and our hospital and doctors were three hours away but I cannot emphasize enough the importance of being treated in a place especialized in the disease . We found that in our area NOBODY knew how to treat bone cancer and they wanted to use my daughter as a guinea pig.
Staph infections and low fevers will happen many times.
Best of luck to your nephew and keeping him in our prayers.

Thank you. None of my own children has had cancer, but I know what it's like to have a child who is so fragile and sick--you just don't feel like rehashing it on every phone call. It's exhausting to be a caregiver. I will suggest caringbridge to them. I don't know why I didn't think of that. When Christian was little and I was so overwhelmed, I had a friend who took over the job of disseminating information. It took a huge load off me to have someone else talk about it, line up child care, line up meals, all the things that people *want* to do for you in a crisis. It freed me up to take care of and worry about Christian and my other kids, and actually afforded me some privacy.

My sister lives out in Western WA and she has suggested a center out there(Fred something or other). THey are doing research on NHL and the director was awarded the Nobel Prize for medicine in the 1990s. She's going to ask DNephew to consider going out there for a 2nd opinion and possibly moving in with her. She doesn't work and she's willing to be his caregiver/chauffeur for the next 6-12 months or so. I hope he'll do it.