april6263 wrote:

Hi guys  I have a few quiet minutes so I wanted to update you all....sorry it took so long to get you all an update just had so much going on up here but .....WE MADE IT TO THE ONCOLOGY FLOOR YESTERDAY!!!!!!!  and ok LOL......I know only in my upside down world is it something to celebrate when your child makes it to the oncology floor.......but in our case that means she is doing better......the last few days they have started the parent education classes so that we understand and are comfortable with what to do with her when we get her home......we have also been getting the home health care set up and working to get her on the hospital home bound program at school so she can do her work from home for the next couple of months while she is on chemo.....she is in good spirits and has had a steady stream of her teenage friends coming in and out visiting her ......I am doing much better with this too......it's still hard but my sense of humor and positivity is coming back and I feel like we can handle this now  I have seen parents up here with younger children who aren't able to understand what is happening to them and I realize that I am blessed that my child is able to understand whats happening and the reasons the Dr's have to do what they have to do and why we have to let them.....they are hopeful she will go home either Fri night or Sat !!!!!!YAY!!!!!  then her chemo will be outpatient ......thanks so much for holding my hands through this....esp during those first really rough days of shock and fear of the unknown........I know we still have a long road ahead but I believe we will make it and she will beat this!!!!  and the night she gets home from the hospital we will be doing some celebrating ok????LOL   

 OH, APRIL....THIS IS FABULOUS NEWS!!!  I can't be happy enough for this information!!!  I am beside myself with joy right now....tears in my eyes....sooooo very happy (from a non-crier, I might add!!!  LOL).  We SHALL celebrate any time and any place....just say the word and we are there!!!!!!  YEA!!!  Tell Sunshine we are so happy for her!!! 

So very happy you are all in a better place.  We love you!



 

Last edited by JetmamaDiDi (3/18/2015 1:37 pm)

LuvSeason18 wrote:

JetmamaDiDi wrote:

LuvSeason18 wrote:

Hello KOS.......missed you and as View mentioned......hope you can post.

Hello, KOS....if you are out there. I don't see you logged on at this moment. 

She must of logged in a logged out pretty quick......hope that she can post sometime.....miss her....as well as the others.

Hi, I just posted a response to CEK's post several pages back.  I have to log off soon. How nice to be missed.  Thank you one and all.  I do plan to be back this evening because it does seem as if my computer problems are resolved.  Here's hoping.
 

KeepOnSinging wrote:

LuvSeason18 wrote:

JetmamaDiDi wrote:

Hello, KOS....if you are out there. I don't see you logged on at this moment. 

She must of logged in a logged out pretty quick......hope that she can post sometime.....miss her....as well as the others.

Hi, I just posted a response to CEK's post several pages back.  I have to log off soon. How nice to be missed.  Thank you one and all.  I do plan to be back this evening because it does seem as if my computer problems are resolved.  Here's hoping.
 

KOS, I am waving my magic wand over your computer so all willbe well and you can chat tonight. 


 

KeepOnSinging wrote:

CEK40 wrote:

Before I go I guess I will offer this for thought....

During the season with Maks and Meryl they both said that they both felt something with their connection and that they both discussed it and decided not to act upon it.  So maybe after continuing to build their relationship on the dance floor and their friendship or whatever off the dance floor they decided that friendship was the best possible avenue for them to walk on ...Maybe just maybe Maks wanted to have that romantic relationsip with Meryl and SHE is the one that nipped that in the bud.  Maybe Maks wanted more from her at this time in her life than she was able to offer him... 

Now please don't anyone take offense to this becasue I love Maks and Meryl and you know I wanted/want that fairtale ending we all wished for, but for now it ain't happening...

Maybe Maks saw in Meryl a different type of girl/woman that he had never came in close contact with before.  He had always been linked to dancers, models or actresses/singers, and that opened a door in his mind and heart that had never been opened before...and he wanted to walk through that door.  But Meryl maybe she wanted to let him and maybe just maybe he crossed one foot over the threshold but then they both decided to back up. Maks is famous and he is kind and giving and thoughtful and loyal to a fault.  I don't believe that he is a cheater or a two face person.  I think that he a Meryl are close, as close as two friends could ever be and I believe that will be something that last a lifetime, and who knows somewhere down the road they may see things differently.  They both lead busy lives and I think that Maks and Meryl enjoy what they do and are not ready really ready to give that up yet and settle down (even if Maks says he is).  And if he is with Peta or JLo or Lizzie or who ever the heck he wants to be with  (just not Karina after that book and loosing this guy she must have some sort of commitment issues).  

We don't know that Meryl doesn't go out with anyone special or just dates, and if she does that doesn't mean she is a cheater or back stabber .... because as they both have said "the are close close friends".

So this is what I am going to do...I am wishing them well with whoever they choose to be with.  I am not going to continue to beat this dead horse over and over and over...I don't have that energy anymore for that...I am going to be happy to see them dance together when they do.  I am going to cheer them on when they find someone they choose to be with.  I don't think either of them in my heart are not nice or kind to one another (or they would not continue to dance together or see each other when they can).  

So I am going to enjoy this season of DWTS and the next and so on...I am going to watch Meryl and Charlie skate as long as they continue after Charlies marriage.  I am going to support Maks, Meryl, Peta, Kym, Whitney, Sharna and all the pros on DWTS with whoever they choose to be with (and not be ugly about it, maybe not agree but not be nasty)  and hope they continue to dance, somewhere.  I am going to hope that SWAY actually goes to Broadway and we may just may get a "Reunion of the Sisterhood" ....but most of all I am going to enjoy the friendships that I have found here on the board.  

I have no idea what I just said, just rambled on and on but hopefully someone understands what the heck I am trying to say...

I love you all....

I discovered around Thursday or Friday of last week that I could log on to the board and post.  But I also shared that I would not be posting much because I would be going to a show,  a fundraiser for mentally disabled adult housing, in which my son was performing.  And in the post I said that I would not be posting for several days, literally because I would not have time.  I am dropping in now because CEK has said so much of what I believe to be true.  First, there is no way any of us knows, exactly how things played out or how they will ultimately play out.  I firmly continue to believe that these two fell in love, but I have never believed that we know exactly how this will play out.  I wrote a long post about this in August.   There are many people in real life as well as in stories who do not end out with the love of their lives---sometimes by choice, sometimes because of circumstances.  Actually, if I am very, very honest, I joined the ABC Board because I was very upset about the character assassination directed at Maks.  Perhaps it was all trolls--I couldn't tell the difference when one poster defended the right for other posters to participate in character assassination.  And then HRM and Carrie brought us over here, and we enjoyed "getting to know you." We simply do not know what went down.  What I also believe is that each and every one of us is entitled to her opinion and with that opinion should come kindness, kindness and more kindness towards the people we are talking about and to each other. I suppose I am thinking about this because I just read that Henry James, of all people, advised his nephew that there were three things to remember: be kind, be kind and be kind.  Kindness is actually something Meryl herself often stresses.   Kindness is something each of us craves to have extended to us whether or not we deserve it.  And when it is not extended to us and we feel judged, it is often because the person who is being unkind simply does not know our whole story.  It is like a chemical reaction.  One drop of water can change the composition of the chemical compound.  One piece of information can change our perception, and this can happen even years after the fact.   Thank you for your post on MnM and related matters, CEK.   I hope to be back on for a little bit this evening.  I do not have time to edit this--so please forgive typos, etc.

well said KOS...well said.

I hope your fundraiser went well and that your son had a good time performing.  I have an aunt that is mentally disabled so I know the importance.  You do seem to give a lot to your community and to its members.  Wish more people would do so......it would make the world a better place.

Glad to see you again.......

april6263 wrote:

Hi guys  I have a few quiet minutes so I wanted to update you all....sorry it took so long to get you all an update just had so much going on up here but .....WE MADE IT TO THE ONCOLOGY FLOOR YESTERDAY!!!!!!!  and ok LOL......I know only in my upside down world is it something to celebrate when your child makes it to the oncology floor.......but in our case that means she is doing better......the last few days they have started the parent education classes so that we understand and are comfortable with what to do with her when we get her home......we have also been getting the home health care set up and working to get her on the hospital home bound program at school so she can do her work from home for the next couple of months while she is on chemo.....she is in good spirits and has had a steady stream of her teenage friends coming in and out visiting her ......I am doing much better with this too......it's still hard but my sense of humor and positivity is coming back and I feel like we can handle this now  I have seen parents up here with younger children who aren't able to understand what is happening to them and I realize that I am blessed that my child is able to understand whats happening and the reasons the Dr's have to do what they have to do and why we have to let them.....they are hopeful she will go home either Fri night or Sat !!!!!!YAY!!!!!  then her chemo will be outpatient ......thanks so much for holding my hands through this....esp during those first really rough days of shock and fear of the unknown........I know we still have a long road ahead but I believe we will make it and she will beat this!!!!  and the night she gets home from the hospital we will be doing some celebrating ok????LOL   
 
What wonderful, wonderful news, April.  It seems to me that celebrating your child making it to the oncology floor is what real joy is all about:  celebrating, out of gratitude, during dark times.  You and your daughter have been much on my heart and in my prayers.