Dad's sister was diagnosed with cancer not long ago, last June I think but it is only recently that they're sharing the news with the family. Thing is she refused any treatment and everybody is trying to convince her otherwise before it's too late. Today we visited her to cheer her up a bit. It's depressing to see her like that. Helpless and hurting but still she keeps a brave front. So frail and fragile, she looked so different from the last time I saw her. I can't believe I'm looking at my Tita Nene who always greeted us with "Ayan na magaganda kong pamangkin! kailan kayo ikakasal? may mga boyfriend na ba?" (roughly translated as: Here comes my lovely nieces! When are you going to wed? Any boyfriends now?).
Mommy keeps on talking her into some kind of treatment or even just for the pain but still she refused. She is deteriorating so fast everybody is worrying about how to convince her to fight and hang on to dear life. But what can we do if she's resigned to it. It's heart breaking and depressing but we have to be strong for her even if we know she's literally hurting from cancer.
We left after a few hours and after talking with Ate Che, Tita Nene's daughter. We had lunch somewhere near the area and stopped by McDonalds for some ice cream and to talk about the situation. Ronald McDonald mascot was really annoying and looking scary! Anywah, he was a good diversion on the situation, at least for now. =P
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