Comparing My Grandma With Bladder Cancer

Grandma's are always there for their family. My grandma used to babysit me and I love her so much. My grandma is one of the most important people in my life I wouldn’t know what to do without her. She comes to my concerts, school events, and sporting events. My grandma, Bonnie was diagnosed with bladder cancer three different times. It broke my heart and I didn’t know what to do. From this event, I learned to never take people for granted and love them while they are here.

The first time she was diagnosed I was so shocked I knew this stuff happened, but I never thought it would happen to her or anyone in my family. I was 7 years old when she first got diagnosed. It was around June 2010 when she first saw signs and went to the emergency room. They did x-rays and a bunch of other tests. The doctor called her in and told her she had cancer in her bladder. All I heard were mumbles I couldn’t comprehend I had to sit down and think. I started to cry, all I thought of was losing the person I love/loved forever. She talked over how to get rid of it "surgery". The doctor said it would be an easy surgery, but everyone was still scared. She had surgery to remove the tumor and it was a success. I was so grateful. …show more content…
Then I started to think it was over and everything was fine, so I started not visiting a lot. She almost made it for five years and then she got diagnosed again with another tumor on her bladder. I was so shocked I thought what if I lose her and that I haven't spent a lot of time with her. I thought is this my fault, how did this happen again? I didn’t know what to feel, but regret for not helping her the last couple of years. This time I looked toward faith to get me through. I was so truly thankful when the doctor said again that they could just cut it off. She had surgery again and got it