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My step sister passed away yesterday. She lost her battle with cancer and passed at 50.
She was diagnosed with lung cancer about two years ago and she was already in stage 4 when she was diagnosed. Then for the past couple of months, it had spread to her brain. Three weeks ago I visited her. She was still able to walk and talked and even joked with us, but then she was hospitalized for 10 days and had been bedridden ever since because her condition got worse. The last time I visited her was in late January. My mom warned us that she might not have recognized us because of her condition, but I was so glad that she was able to recognize me and my sister. I was so crushed to see her teary eyes when she tried so hard to say my name and my sister's, but I just couldn't cry in front of her.
I was in the middle of teaching last night when my mom texted me that she had passed. It was a struggle to continue teaching after hearing the bad news.
Before my mom married my dad, she was married and has four children: two sons and two daughters. We were quite close when we were children because we spent quite a lot of time together even though they live in a different province. As we grew older, I haven't seen them that much anymore since all of them got married. Although they are my stepbrothers and sisters, it feels like they are my own siblings.
I have actually prepared myself that my step sister wouldn't have much time anymore, but still, losing a family member is never easy. The only consolation is that she is not suffering anymore.
Rest in peace, Teh. You are in a better place now ;_;
She was diagnosed with lung cancer about two years ago and she was already in stage 4 when she was diagnosed. Then for the past couple of months, it had spread to her brain. Three weeks ago I visited her. She was still able to walk and talked and even joked with us, but then she was hospitalized for 10 days and had been bedridden ever since because her condition got worse. The last time I visited her was in late January. My mom warned us that she might not have recognized us because of her condition, but I was so glad that she was able to recognize me and my sister. I was so crushed to see her teary eyes when she tried so hard to say my name and my sister's, but I just couldn't cry in front of her.
I was in the middle of teaching last night when my mom texted me that she had passed. It was a struggle to continue teaching after hearing the bad news.
Before my mom married my dad, she was married and has four children: two sons and two daughters. We were quite close when we were children because we spent quite a lot of time together even though they live in a different province. As we grew older, I haven't seen them that much anymore since all of them got married. Although they are my stepbrothers and sisters, it feels like they are my own siblings.
I have actually prepared myself that my step sister wouldn't have much time anymore, but still, losing a family member is never easy. The only consolation is that she is not suffering anymore.
Rest in peace, Teh. You are in a better place now ;_;