Cancer Sucks!

  The reason I want to  be a nurse is so I can take care of people as I mentioned in my introduction. I believe you build relationships with the patients you have and gain the trust they deserve. I have met numerous people that have battled a tough journey. These people inspire me. One person that has inspired me the most is my grandma.

 My grandma Alice was a waitress for the majority of her life. She waitressed at our family restaurant in Mooresville, Indiana. She was well-known throughout the community. She loved taking care of her customers by serving them the best.

Top picture is grandma at work. Bottom picture is her with my son, Karter.

In the year of 2013, grandma started not feeling well. She was already tired from working all the time at the bakery making sure her customers were satisfied to their fullest extent. Her fingertips were blue and her legs would swell. She just simply thought it was because she was on her feet all the time. In May 2014, her life changed forever. She was told by the doctors she was in stage 4 of colon cancer. When I heard the news, I was devastated. I fought so hard to hold the tears back but I knew I didn't have much time with her. Working in the medical field already, I had already learned the basics of stages of cancer.  I was around people who had it and who died in front of me with it. I didn't want to accept her being sick.

Grandma started chemo and just kept getting weaker by the day. I had seen a lovely and happy lady fall in to this sad and depressed lady I didn't know. It hurt my heart. I spent some time with her and it was hard. I always told her when we were by ourselves to not give up. She fought to her fullest extent but cancer may have taken her body but it didn't take her spirit. Grandma passed away October 2014. She knew I was going to school to pursue my dream of being a nurse and because of her, I wanted to be better.

As you can see the difference in this picture, she was not happy.
This was when she was going through her chemo.



Grandma and I hanging out. This was
exactly 1 week before she passed.

She loved her make-up. It was just

the simplest thing I could do to

make her feel better.

As my grandmother battled cancer, I was always googling the stage she was in. I wanted to know more what this cancer did. I couldn't change her life, but maybe one day I can someone else's. Below I have attached a video about what cancer is. Please take a few minutes and watch. One day, I hope someone finds a cure.