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Originally posted by viet_mom
I am so sorry for this awful thing to happen to you and your family!!! Great advice on here. I would just add this: you might want to observe hidden concerns of your kids about the same thing happening to you. A family member died a few weeks ago and Vietbabe started asking about other deaths - why did the cat die, why did Grandpa's mommy die (this happened well before Vietbabe was born). I told her b/c they were sick and also, old, yadda yadda. She was acting strange one day and I finally got her to say what was on her mind -- she was concerned that I would also get sick (she didn't say it, but obviously concerned that I would die). So I think you want to reassure your kids - who knows what on their minds if they don't tell us? They might think your poor Mom's cancer is some kind of plague that is going to snare you or your spouse. Or them.
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This sounds like good advice.
We traveled to see my mom a few weeks ago. The morning after we got there, she was not feeling well at all, and we took her to the hospital. She's been there ever since, and she there's for the duration, which won't be long. I've been with her since then, spending my waking hours in the hospital room (and I'm sitting next to her bed now). My wife took the kids back to our place a while ago now, so I basically haven't seen them in a few weeks, save for one visit to the hospital room. I'm sure they are quite concerned, and will be even more so with the news that will bring me home, but for the moment it falls to my wife to help them.
