she had Multiple Myeloma; bone marrow cancer. When she was in the hospital, she coded. They broke her ribs when bringing her back to life. Also, thirty-four years earlier she had been in a horrific car accident where she shattered six of her vertebras. My mother had had over twenty-five major surgeries where her back, hips, knees had “been rebuilt.” She had had cages, electrodes and Harrington rods placed throughout her
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her back. Throughout the multiple surgeries her spine was 100% fused.
The pain of bone marrow cancer is known to be one of the most painful, and with the “superbugs” in her urinary tract, she became a screamer. “Help me.” “Help me.” You would hear yelled out from a woman not even five feet tall weighing less than one hundred pounds.
She was “placed” at a facility. They did not treat her well. By the time we were able bring her home, nearly eleven months later in hospice,
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