Hi, my mum has acute myeloid leukaemia this means that since being diagnosed in July 2014 she has rarely been home. She went to the doctors to begin with just for a 'well woman' check up, then we treated ourselves to an afternoon at the spa as I was 6 months pregnant. My little girl wasn't planned but we were all looking forward to her arrival. Before being diagnosed my mum and I had lots of plans about the birth and once she had arrived, and I had asked her to be one of my birthing partners - along with my boyfriend (my little girls dad). But when we arrived home my dad told my mum that someone had rang for her but he wasn't sure who it was, but they would be calling back (my dad is a bit deaf). At about 9pm the doctor called my mum and told her that she was very poorly and needed to get to a hospital for further tests - my mother being stubborn told the doctor that she felt fine and wanted to sleep in her own bed and said she would go to hospital the next day. And so she went, they did tests and within a week she had been admitted into hospital - as quick as that all our lives had changed! My dad has done countless miles everyday to visit her, first to the closest hospital about 30 mins away, then she was moved to one further away (about 1hr 30 mins away). All through this my great aunty (who lived with us) died suddenly, my boyfriend started gambling, I was looking after my grandma (she can get very confused ate times) and I had my little girl. So we have been there for her through the nearly transplant attempts, the different chemo's and all the infections she has got. And through everything I have never once thought that she wouldn't come home at some point, and in months or years time we would be back to normal and she would be helping me and my boyfriend with our little girl.
But tonight my dad has spoken with the doctors and they have said that the current infection she has is very bad and they are giving her as many antibiotics as they can, and she has an oxygen mask on constantly. My dad's said that they are preparing us for the worst, and I'm not sure how I will cope if it comes to that. - I am sorry this is so long, a lot has happened since July 2014!
