At the end of May last year, my family had to deal with distressing news. The doctors had discovered a tumour in my mother’s pituitary gland, a gland that is connected to the base of the brain and controls several of the other hormone glands. It devastated our family to even think about the possibility of the tumour being cancerous. So after a few tests, we nervously had to wait for the results.
We were blessed when we found out that the tumour was not cancerous. Though we did have to worry about it growing and spreading. Luckily, it was small enough now to have a basic surgery and have it removed, although there were some risks. The surgery did not guarantee that her pituitary gland would not be harmed, it could becomes damaged, forcing my mom to have to take tons medications to keep all of her hormones balanced. But it was a risk she was willing to take.
Weeks passed and my mother was already prepping for surgery. We wanted to be with her every step of the way, but only my father could do that. He took a leave of absence from work for the week, as my mother had to stay at the hospital, so he could stay with her. This left me to take care of two younger sisters. …show more content…
I had never had to take care of someone, other than myself for such a long period of time. I suddenly had all of these responsibilities, like cooking dinner, making sure my sisters had rides to and from school, cleaning the house. It became hard to manage my school work and my house work, my social life went down the drain because I had to learn to prioritize what was important at the moment. At times I didn’t know what I was doing and if it was right, but all that mattered was that I was trying my
We were blessed when we found out that the tumour was not cancerous. Though we did have to worry about it growing and spreading. Luckily, it was small enough now to have a basic surgery and have it removed, although there were some risks. The surgery did not guarantee that her pituitary gland would not be harmed, it could becomes damaged, forcing my mom to have to take tons medications to keep all of her hormones balanced. But it was a risk she was willing to take.
Weeks passed and my mother was already prepping for surgery. We wanted to be with her every step of the way, but only my father could do that. He took a leave of absence from work for the week, as my mother had to stay at the hospital, so he could stay with her. This left me to take care of two younger sisters. …show more content…
I had never had to take care of someone, other than myself for such a long period of time. I suddenly had all of these responsibilities, like cooking dinner, making sure my sisters had rides to and from school, cleaning the house. It became hard to manage my school work and my house work, my social life went down the drain because I had to learn to prioritize what was important at the moment. At times I didn’t know what I was doing and if it was right, but all that mattered was that I was trying my