Voices From Beyond
Barbara Brown May 24, 1949 to October 14, 2010 It was October 14, 2010. I was sitting in a chair on our little lanai in Hawaii. The sun filtered through the mango and banana leaves, as the birds chirped and buzzing drone of bees filled the air. My heart was in turmoil. My aunt Barbie had been admitted to the hospital again the night before. She was having complications due to stage four uterine cancer. This was a nasty cancer. The tumor had grown large and was wrapping around other organs, as well as applying pressure on her spine and nerves. The doctors had dismissed her symptoms numerous times, saying her pain was from a compact disc from a car accident. They stuck by this diagnosis even though she, a menopausal woman, was experiencing bleeding. The cancer was not diagnosed until she began having fainting episodes. By then, she was already stage four. I was trying to figure out how to travel. How I could see my aunt before it was too late. Money, as always, was not ...