Guest guest Posted December 16, 2001 Report Share Posted December 16, 2001 Hello, dear friends: At first, I would like to thank you for all your invaluable help and information during these months. I wouldn't have been able to make it without your guidance. Thanks vincent, cliff, cbormann, moonbeam, ingo, melinda, leonard, cheryl, song and so on. You have made me learn many things here and helped me do my best with my mother. As I told you in my last message last week, I was feeling very confused about the way my mom was getting worse.Well, the day I wrote you, Thursday, I was sent back home by my boss, because she saw me literally sleeping in my desk. I had been finishing my Thesis, so I had been sleeping 2 hours Monday, 5 hours Tuesday and 1.5 hours Wednesday. Besides, 4 hours Thursday, because I got updated with my brother after being a bit disconnected for 4 days. When I got home and saw the results of the exam, I just got very confused and started to think about it, and deeply talk with my brother, as I told you. Thank God, since that day, I started to search for spiritual help. I prayed a lot to God, for giving me more faith and strength. I began to find it since that day. Monday we decided to get my mother a probe. It was hard to see her accept the probe, but feeling disconforted, and sometimes trying to complain with words we could barely understand. Since that day, we also hire a night nurse, so my father could rest more, because it has been very difficult for him the last days. He was making too much effort by himself, carrying my mom to the bathroom. My mom never wanted her sons to help her, but the last days we had to be there. We thought the probe will help my mom get better, so we started to give her a diet rich in proteins. My brother talked to some nutrionists that helped us. He also talked to an " endocrinologo " (don't know the translation), who recommended Amaryl, a remedy for her lessen the glucose. Besides, during the weekend we also contacted with a couple of spiritual people, one in India and one in the States, who were known for distant healing. Both of them recommended to read the Bible to my mom, and while the first one told us to give her some blessed water, the second gave some spiritual exercises for my mom. Tuesday, I talked with a psycho that have helped some people even with cancer to get rid of the sickness. He told me he could help my mother, because she might have a lot of energy, but not well oriented, and she might solve some internal conflicts to cut her relations with cancer. Meanwhile, that day I felt very happy inside, because I thought God have talked to me, making me understand the real lesson behind this experience. And I feel He increased my faith too much that I was just very happy. I asked Him very faithfully that please, absolutely cure my mother, but if possible during the next week, she definitely got better, at least as stable as a month and a half ago. I thought that I was sure He would answer my prayers now. I was really trustful about it. Even at night, when my brother called another doctor to see my mom, and he told us that we had to give her all our love and try to make things easier for her, because she was really deteriorating for the progress of cancer. After hearing that, I was a little bit " moved " , but I didn't cry, I thoght I had heard that beofre, but I was now with God at my side. Later, when I saw my mother worse that night, with her probe and with her other hand swelling a bit, with more difficulties in breathing, needing oxygen while going to the bathroom, I kept my smile by her side although I recognise I became a bit scared, but I continued praying, and also saying, " May be your will but not mine " , " Please, leave her suffering, she has been suffering too much, so please cure her. I know I am not asking you for something impossible, you have told us that we should trust you anytime, you have cured a lotof people just because of theirfaith, so I have more faith, you have really increased my faith, so please, let me rescue her the same way she has rescued me now. PLease, cure her. " Wednesdaymorning we have received the message from a spiritual person in India, who gave us some indication for my mom to take some water blessed by Jesus, while they were praying for my mom. At 2pm we took home a christian man ( " evangelista " ) who supposedly had made some spiritual healings with his hands. HE went to the house and prayed before my mom. She didn't say a word, just moved her head and listened to the preacher. After some minutes of her ritual ordering the cancer to get out of he body, he talked with us brothers, and asked us to pray a lot, trusting God can do miracles and if we asked that with faith, he will do them. He even recommended us some versicles, read the bible and read it to my mom. Wednesday night, I saw her the same way, so I decided to spend more time with her, touching her hands, her hair, kissing her and telling her how much I love her, that I needed her a lot, that we were going to get through this, that I was going to sustain my Thesis Thursday, so I needed her help. Then, I went to eat dinner. Then I returned and stayed a few minutes before going to my room and try to study something. But I had almost no time to do it. I was disturbed because my mom wanted to go to the bathroom, and it was very loose, and she was needing oxygen even to go there... it seems her nails began to get purple after the effort, so she was needed her oxygen. I just talked with my brother, asking him about that and of it was related to the probe. He told me that the day before she hadn't have any trouble with her stomach. So, I urged him to ask the nutrionist what her problem was. After thinking a bit, I thought it may be the vitamin C.... While trying to study, I got sleep. At 5 am I was waken up by some movement in the house, I went to my parents' room and saw her my mom with her mouth open trying to breathe and saying " I die " . The nurse and my father were there changing the oxygen bottle, while I was at my mother side, conforting her, telling her to be stronger, that everything will pass, and we will pass it together. I asked her to forgive me for everything I had done, to be strong and keep fighting, because I loved her and I needed her a lot. I was touchingher hand, her hair, giving her air with a flamenco fan, and kissing her. I though she was doped with a pill, but my father told me she hadn't taken any pills. When I got back to my room, I prayed once again and asked the Lord to please make sometinhg as soon as possible, to absolutely cure her or, if it may not be His will, to take her soon to his side, so she won't suffer anymore. At 8 am I woke up to go to work, and when I said goodbye to my mom, I touched her hands once again, kissed her and told her that please that day she should think a lot about me, because I had to sustain my Thesis that day at 8pm. I have decided not to ask Lord anything for me, but everything for my mom, so you should ask the Lord and to help me during this day. I told her that was one of her dreams... some days he asked us to finish our Thesis so she could go away in peace... I just told her, please, don't say that. So, this morning I recalled yhis was her dream, so she would ask the ones above to help me, because she had always been listened to by them, and this time would not be the exception. She would feel how she is listend to, so she should ask for herslef too, so I would need her to ask for me today, Ok? and she moved her head saying yes; we are going to get over this situation together, I need you too much, I love you, so please keep on, I want you to think of me today, so we will be connecteed today, ok? She moved her head once again. Once at work, I felt again that calm inside that my prayers would be listened to and in less than a week my mother will recover and have no more pain.However, in the afternoon, my mind was surprised with a thought that matbe after my good news of the Thesis, I would have to share my mother's deatth. But I dropped that thought and went on. I called my brother at 5.30pm and asked him to please tell my mom that I was going to go to my university at 8 pm, and I was deeply thinking of her, and she would be my force then, so she should keep on thinking of me. My father wanted to see me sustaining my Thesis. So, at 7pm he went home and asked my mother if he could go; he wanted to see me for just an hour to share this moment with me, and my mother smiled and silently told him yes, moving her head. We (a friend and me) finished sustaining our Thesis at 8:50pm more or less, and we got a 17 (from 0-20), an overwhelming qualification. So, we were very happy. Initially I have thought to call my mother and tell her my news, but before going to the universtiy, my cell phone had a very low batt, so I turned it off and put inside my handbag. We took my friend home (it was near our house), sharing happy comments, when suddenly in the middle of our conversation, and almost 5 minutes from home, my father received a phone call from my brother. My father told me that my mom had felt bad and have some problems, so my brother wanted him to go there right away. The car was in silence then on. Suddenly, I recall some movies where people receive that kind of calls while driving, they try to speed up, found some traffic jam and then it's too late.... But, rapidly I denied that thought. A minute later, my father told me to call back my brother and told him to call the main nurse. He just told me " I know, I know, please just come here soon. " I thought that maybe they had some problems to carry my mom from bed to the bath and they needed my father's help. Then, some 3 minutes passed and, after taking my friend home, and being 10 blocks away from home, my father received another phone call from my brother urging us to go there. He told him we were almost arriving there, so pleae ask the maid to open the door.At that time I noticed a sort of ambulance near our house... my heart beat faster. Effectively, when we arrived home, we saw the emergency truck and my brother outside the house. My father went out rapidly, and me too, but he gave me the car keys to lock the car. Meanwile, some keys went out and I spent a minute in this locking the car. Then I ran into the house, went upstairs to my mom's room and saw the paramedics, while my brother made 2 movements with her right arm to the heart; then my father asked him to call the lung-doctor, so he went upstairs to his room, I almost followed him but went to the deskroom, closed the door and screamed to God, saying PLEASE, I HAVE TOLD YOU TO CURE MY MOTHER NAD NOT TO MAKE HER MORE SUFFERING. IT IS ENOUGH, DON'T YOU THINK? I was thinking that my mother had had an emergency situation, she was delicate and she was going to the clinic. Then I went to my mom's room again and heard my father refering to a Defunct Certificate. My world tumbled down. I sat and cried. Then, my father came to hold me, we went upstairs to my brother's house and we 3 hold us and my father told us to be strong, that we had to support ourselves in this moment. He wanted to be strong, but I told him please, not now, just let it flow and cry if you want. He wanted. And we tightly hold and cry together. Then, a close friend of my parents called and we told her about my mom, she screamed and cried along with me. After that, I went near my mom, and holded her, kissed her, touched her head, her hair and cried, cried, cried. We started then to call relatives and close friends, then I told my brother to get a catholic preacher to give her the last sacrament. WE called her church but no one answered. Our main regret about that was that she hadn't gone to the church neither received the Communion in many many months. I have decided to get her a preacher Saturday, we were going to get home also a catholic healer next week and I have decided to start Friday reading her the bible. I even had the versicles..... But my mom won and didn't give us time. But, at least, the nurse told us that she died peacefully. The problem seemed to be a congestion in her sore, she couldn't expectorate and the nurse and my brother called doctors to help her. She was breathing less and slowly each time according to my borther, and he didn't even notice my mother was death, he thought she was still breathing. However, I could never share my hapiness of getting a great grade in my Thesis, the way she always wanted. I wanted to give her a huge kiss and smile at her and tell her how much I loved her and that I owed that nad everything I am to her, that GOd always listened to her, so she must totally trust him to cure her. Well, I think that God, His way, responded my prayers: in less than a week He released the suffering from my mother, that Dec. 13 at 9:05pm. I guess she went away happier, she is not suffering anymore, and she will be near me every day...... Sorry for this looooong message, but I think you could want to read me, and if not for that reason, I wanted to share my experience with each one of you that have helped me a lot these days. I am very grateful for your making me do my best for my mom. It was not enough, or just it was the best solution from God. He knows what he does for He loves us. Of course, I miss her, I regret some things, and I know I will suffer for some dyas, but I feel I'm going to get over it soon... I'm sure that's what she wants. I know she will be guard angel and she will be my advisor any time. I just have to drain all my pain and suffering and give more space to the happiness and serenity that I can feel is inside my heart growing each day. I just wanti to grow faster and make me avoid crying. Thanks for all. I suppose I am not going to answer messages for some days, but I'm not going to quit this list. I know God has made me pass through this experience for some reasons, and maybe, just maybe, one of them could be trying to help other in the same situation as me here in Peru, where there is not much information about other treatments. Uncluckily, my mom's case will not be the best one as I dreamed, so I will have to rethink this idea (I had this idea many weeks beofre, but thinking that my mom would cure and I could preach with the example). I will write another mail soon, but shorter than this (don't woorry). God bless you all, and I hope that everyone who is suffering from cancer right now will find a cure for theirselves. Mom, please, watch for all these people and try to help them. carlos Izaguirre Lima, Peru Son of a lung cancer victim, but son of the greatest mother in the world Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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