tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40654264231630966582024-03-14T08:49:30.372-07:00Michalla's MiraclesMichalla's Miracleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03214677827519219939noreply@blogger.comBlogger104125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065426423163096658.post-9153736460760730602014-09-09T08:48:00.001-07:002014-09-09T08:50:46.724-07:00KSL News Story: Community steps up to help grieving mother<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/caa9D57Olwg" width="480"></iframe>
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PLEASANT GROVE — A community stepped up to help a mother grieving the loss of her daughter. Michalla Beardall, 19, lost her battle with leukemia earlier this summer.</div>
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“She had a love of life, had so much energy, artistic, talented,” said Terri Call, Michalla’s mother.</div>
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Michalla was diagnosed with leukemia the summer after she graduated from high school. She spent 18 months on and off at Primary Children’s Hospital where she underwent treatment. During her time at the hospital, she was a source of strength for other patients. Her mother told about a 5-year-old girl recently diagnosed with cancer.</div>
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“She started losing her hair, and Michalla was already bald, and showed her you can still be beautiful,” said Call.</div>
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Beardall drew a picture for the girl of Disney princesses without any hair. At night, Beardall would walk the halls and write notes to each of the children.</div>
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“I was just pleading with the Lord, 'How can you do this to all these little kids who need Michalla here?'” said Call.</div>
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Call prayed for a miracle, but the miracle she hoped for never came. On June 15, Beardall's year-and-a-half battle with leukemia ended.</div>
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“The whole week they just kept telling us she’s not going to get better, just say your goodbyes. But I don’t know how you ever say your goodbyes to a child until the minute she stops breathing, just to still think a miracle is going to happen,” said Call.</div>
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The family now has thousands of dollars in medical bills. Mary Lynn Boren, a neighbor, held a yard sale on Saturday to help cover the costs.</div>
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“When you really need something, people come,” said Boren.</div>
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She said three yards were full of donated items. In one day, she raised just over $6,000.</div>
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* Donations to help the Call family are being accepted at any Utah Community Credit Union under the name Michalla Beardall.</div>
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<u><b><i style="text-align: left;">Here are the comments from the online article:</i></b></u></div>
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<i style="text-align: left;"> whowhat <br />"She sounds like an amazing young woman! I am very sorry for the family's loss. May peace find her family."<br /><br />aprilmit <br />"I have a 16 year old daughter that looks just as vibrant and alive as Michalla did. I can't imagine the loss for this family. So glad community is coming together to help. What a beautiful legacy of service and love she left for those kids at Primary Children's."<br /><br />moldcore <br />"We just lost our 33 year old daughter and mother of 4 to Leukemia in July. Such a horrible disease. I feel for Michalla's family and the pain they must be going through."<br /><br />foxgloves <br />"Heartbroken by your loss, but so uplifted by this story of the community coming to your aid. As a fellow mother of a medically complex child, my heart goes out to this beautiful family!"<br /><br />Slcmac <br />"Heaven has a true angel !! What a beautiful soul !!!"<br /><br />Teri B. <br />"Thank you all for your kind comments. It has been the love of family, friends, and even strangers that has gotten me through this tough time. Love, Teri (Michalla's mom)"</i></div>
Michalla's Miracleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03214677827519219939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065426423163096658.post-74956331623082290502014-09-07T20:07:00.001-07:002014-09-07T20:07:02.391-07:00Birthday Party picturesAs I have been looking over the blog I realized I didn't post any pictures of Michalla's birthday party. <br />
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Lilly gave me an angel porcelain doll. She didn't even know Michalla collected porcelain dolls when she was a little girl. </div>
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Lilly wanted to put some Lillys on Michalla's grave site. They are really cool. They are solar and at night light up. <br />
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We all wrote messages on balloons to Michalla and let them go.</div>
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The funniest thing about this was that the balloons got caught in the tree.</div>
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Logan and Clint sang songs at the cemetery. Logan sang Angel by Jack Johnson for Michalla. </div>
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Over the weekend there was a neighborhood yard sale fundraiser to raise money for Michalla's medical bills. Our sweetheart neighbor Mary Lynn Boren and her family headed it up. We had no idea how successful it would be. The amount of community support was amazing. We had channel 4 news come yesterday and today right after church we had KSL news show up at our house. </div>
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We had been home from church for 10 minutes and Mary Lynn came over and said the news crew was on their way to interview me. We had no time to clean the house or "get pretty" for the camera. They filmed my messy kitchen and my tear streaked face. It was already a tear filled day. I had been fasting all day, which always makes me more emotional. I also bore my testimony (tears) and right after me Logan bore his testimony (more tears). He did such an awesome job and it was such a treat for a mother. He is turning into such a fine young man. I love him so much. Anyway, I came home from church with a face that had been crying all day to a lady filming me for the news. </div>
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It didn't really matter anyway since I pretty much cried through the whole interview anyway. haha. Oh well. With any luck I will end up on the cutting room floor just like Faith did yesterday. </div>
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Mary Lynn and Faith being interviewed. Faith was super shy but it didn't matter. They didn't make the air anyway. The clip was only like 15 seconds long. <br />
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Just one week ago, Mary Lynn had so few donations that she thought at best case we would raise a couple hundred dollars. Less than one week later and the result is thousands of dollars raised. Mary Lynn hasn't given us a check yet as she wants it to be a surprise but it far exceeded our expectations. Another miracle happened in the course of a week. The miracle came in the form of Christ Like people from near and far that showered on the love once again. </div>
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As I stepped back and looked at the dozens of people of this neighborhood working so hard at the end of an exhausting day and giving up one of the last sunny Saturdays of the year that they could have spent with their own families but instead were spending it with me and my family, I was filled with an overwhelming sense of gratitude and love. I know I say it all the time but PEOPLE ARE SO GOOD! You all inspire me to want to be a better person, to serve and love more.</div>
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I met with the owners of Alisha's cupcakes and Firebird pizza this afternoon. They presented checks to me from their stores as well as Angie's Cravings. I am in shock at the generosity of these store owners as well as the community. All three stores donated 10% of their sales for a week plus there were donation jars set out for people to donate to. I don't know what to say other than Thank you. Words just don't seem sufficient to express how grateful (AND LOVED) I feel. Like I expressed to them, I have shed a lot of tears over the last couple of weeks. The silver lining is that while many of them have been over sadness, I have also shed many tears just from the love and kindness I have felt from so many of you in this community.<br />
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For example, when I was at UCCU depositing the checks this afternoon a woman I have never met came up to me with as I was leaving and gave me a hug and said she was sorry about my loss. She said she was at a Young Single Adult activity and they showed Michalla's 'I am a Mormon' video and ate Alisha's cupcakes (to support the donations). She wanted to tell me how much Michalla's life touched and influenced people for good. <br />
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It made me feel so warm inside. While it is hard to think about Michalla several times a day, it is also very healing to know that she didn't suffer in vain and that she touched so many people.<br />
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Thank you for the texts and messages of concern on Michalla's birthday. Thanks to family and friends, it was a hard but very good day. (Pictures coming later) It was nice to celebrate Michalla's life in happiness and smiles.<br />
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Love to you all. <br />
<br />Michalla's Miracleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03214677827519219939noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065426423163096658.post-15884820320088231912014-07-01T09:55:00.004-07:002014-07-01T09:58:29.588-07:00HAPPY BIRTHDAY MICHALLA! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here are some birthday pictures of Michalla over the last few years. Michalla LOVED her birthdays. It was her favorite day of the year. I spent a lot of the day crying yesterday and cried myself to sleep last night ...BUT today I am determined to celebrate! The sun is shining and it is going to be a good day! The Spanish Exchange Student teacher just showed up at the door with a card from David and Adrian and family in Spain. What a nice birthday Surprise. We are having cake and ice cream and Mexican food (of course). Megan is coming down and friends are coming over to celebrate! Happy Birthday Michalla. We love you. </div>
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<br />Michalla's Miracleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03214677827519219939noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065426423163096658.post-62048407383235355502014-06-19T17:18:00.001-07:002014-06-19T17:18:18.155-07:00Michalla Beardall Funeral Video<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/fLDjhvNykqM" width="480"></iframe>Michalla's Miracleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03214677827519219939noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065426423163096658.post-9482534342618840662014-06-18T08:50:00.001-07:002014-06-18T08:58:06.586-07:00Michalla's I'm a Mormon videoThis was filmed after Michalla entered the hospital after the cancer came back. The intent was to edit it with clips of her mission call and life and make a finalized version of I'm a Mormon that you see on mormon.org and facebook etc. We didn't ever get around to putting that version together but here is the footage we got.<br />
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Thanks Clayboughs and Andrew for putting this together.<br />
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<b> Thursday June 19th @ 12:00 (viewing from 10:00 to 11:30 am)</b><br />
<b> </b>Pleasant Grove East Stake Center<br />
<b> </b>825 Loader Drive<br />
<b> </b>Pleasant Grove, Utah 84062<br />
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<b> </b><b>Wednesday June 18th - 6:00 to 8:00 pm</b><br />
<b> </b>Olpin Family Mortuary<br />
<b> </b>494 S 300 E St<br />
<b> </b>Pleasant Grove, Utah 84062<br />
<b> </b>801-785-3503<br />
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Around 8:30 pm Saturday night her heart signals started to change which indicated to the doctors that we only had a few hours left with her. Teri, Rich, Kim, Clint and I sat around her bed listening to songs and hymns, telling stories and saying goodbye. Teri gave Michalla her last 11:11 kiss Saturday night (a family tradition).<br />
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Thank you all for the amazing love and support. The funeral is tentatively planned for Thursday, June 19th. Details to follow on this blog.<br />
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<li>a whole new world - aladin</li>
<li>i see the light - tangled</li>
<li>stop this train - john mayer</li>
<li>time of our life - tyrone wells</li>
<li>mumford and sons - come thou fount of every blessing </li>
<li>Colm Wilkinson - Bring Him Home</li>
<li>Owl City - In Christ Alone (I Stand)</li>
<li>I Can Only Imagine (with lyrics) - MercyMe</li>
<li>mercy me - finally make it home</li>
<li>Rascal Flatts-Changed</li>
<li>Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing - Mormon Tabernacle Choir</li>
<li>I Won't Let Go - Rascal Flatts - Lyrics</li>
<li>Elders Chris Nicholes & Ben Preisendorf - If You Could Hie To Kolob/Come Thou Fount Medley</li>
<li>Feels Like Home by Chantal Kreviazuk</li>
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<br />Michalla's Miracleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03214677827519219939noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065426423163096658.post-54967502018018028882014-06-14T14:52:00.000-07:002014-06-14T15:47:58.330-07:00Clint singing to MichallaHere are some songs sung to Michalla by someone who truly and deeply loves her. Michalla often requested that Clint play his guitar and sing to her in the hospital. On Tuesday she asked him to bring his guitar up and sing to her in the ICU. He went home last night and was very stressed that he hadn't done it yet. This morning he came in with his guitar and we filmed him singing some of their favorites to her:<br />
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'Overwhelmed' (Jim Mcmorris)<br />
<a href="http://youtu.be/gW0eSmP63Qc">http://youtu.be/gW0eSmP63Qc</a><br />
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'Hey There Michalla' (Plain White T's)<br />
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'Closer To Love' (Mat Kearney)<br />
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'Restless Dream' (Jack's Mannequin)<br />
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Clint is a legend here at the hospital. We often hear nurses and doctors tell us what an amazing boyfriend Clint has been to Michalla. They tell us that most boyfriends don't even stick around after a cancer diagnose and that Clint is one of the best, if not best, boyfriends they have ever seen in the cancer ward. One nurse witnessed him fanning her for 3 hours last week because she was hot. He has inspired us all to be better as we have watched him serve and love Michalla with such patience and persistence over the last couple years. A few days ago Clint was looking at Michalla from the end of her hospital bed and said to us all, "She is so beautiful to me". Thank you, thank you, thank you Clint for loving Michalla like she deserves to be loved.<br />
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<br />Michalla's Miracleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03214677827519219939noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065426423163096658.post-30354470146264925992014-06-14T10:08:00.000-07:002014-06-14T10:08:39.815-07:00The veil is ever thinningMet with the docs this morning. Michalla's potassium level is now at 7.1. They told us that 7 is where we would probably start seeing some heart function abnormalities. However, at this point her heart and lung (with the assistance of a bi-pap) readings are normal. Her BUN (blood urea nitrogen) level is over 220. It was 163 yesterday. I am dubbing this the TMN or Tender Mercy Number because the higher the BUN, the more calm and sedated she becomes. Two or three days ago she would wince and moan at the slightest movement or touch. Moving her from one side of the bed to the other was very painful to her even though she wasn't completely aware of what was happening. Yesterday her pain level decreased throughout the day as her BUN/TMN steadily increased to where by the end of the day I could drop her arm from 6 inches up and she wouldn't even flinch. The docs said this is one of the best ways to go (with a high BUN/TMN). She won't feel or be aware of anything going forward. They said she could go at anytime or hold on for a couple more days.<br />
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It has been very interesting watching as she slowly slips off into the next world. Brother Cornelius (the hospital's branch president) visited us a couple days ago. When he was here he mentioned that he read somewhere that death is like a ship sailing off and over the horizon. From our perspective the ship is disappearing. However, from the perspective of people on another distant shore the ship is slowly appearing. We are crying and lamenting on our shore. The other shore is full of ecstatic people holding welcome home signs. Both shores watching the same ship carrying the precious cargo.<br />
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Here's a couple selfies Teri took last night. We<span style="text-align: center;"> were all on a high from Elder Perry's visit.</span><br />
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Authored by: Danny (Step dad)</div>
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Justin (Megan's husband) was coming into the PICU and Sister Perry was on the phone to get into the ICU and Justin was sitting there with his head down. He heard someone say, "Hey, I like your shirt." Justin is wearing a Utah State Aggies shirt. Justin said Thank you and looked up and said "Hey there's a familiar face." Justin shook his hand and asked if he was here to see family or just making the rounds. He pointed to his wife and said I'm here for her family. Elder Perry asked who Justin who he was here seeing and he said "My sister in law, Michalla. She doesn't have much time. Please pray for her."</div>
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Justin comes back to the room and tells us and we all jump him and ask him why he didn't ask Elder Perry to come give Michalla a blessing. (Sorry about that Justin :) ). Then Logan, Rich, Clint and I all leave to go and try to find him to ask him to come to our room. We couldn't find him so Logan and I came back to the room. Rich and Clint kept looking. Rich said a prayer and asked Heavenly Father to please send your disiciple to come see Michalla. As he pondered it he was told, "Get up and go find him." Then he went to Clint and Clint told him they should try the waiting room. Sure enough, there they were--right in the waiting room. </div>
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Clint and Rich told him Michalla's and Clint's story of how Michalla was about to go on a mission and got re diagnosed 3 days before her farewell and how Clint was on a mission and came home to serve Michalla. His son was actually a mission president in Roseville, Ca before Clint served there. He told Clint, "You are going to be alright. You are a strong young man." He actually told Clint this a couple of times. He agreed to come into the room and visit with our family once he saw the family member.</div>
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He came into the room and of course Justin was the favorite, being from Logan and being an Aggie and he chastised Logan for liking BYU. He pointed to Justin's shirt and said, do you see that there? Maybe you should think about it. It's a fine school. You should go there. After we chatted for a minute and showed him beautiful pictures of Michalla before she got sick, Rich asked him if he would give Michalla a blessing. </div>
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He told Michalla "Your mission is just ahead of you. A great mission awaits you. Your sweetness, your love for other people and your desire to serve in our Father Heaven's kingdom will be richly rewarded in the life you live and for the eternities to come. We bless you with all the comfort. We bless your family that they might understand this great achievement. ( referring to Clint) This young man that loves you so much, bless him, comfort him, watch over him that he may realize that this life is such a short period in the eternities and yet the powers beyond are so great we can not even realize. I bless you with comfort and peace. Your life will remain as long as you desire to feel the presence of those around you. </div>
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The feeling in this room is so much lighter. (It must be..I'm back to blogging. :) ) Sorry Danny. haha The biggest change has been in Clint. He has really been struggling so badly. He really feels like this is Michalla's destiny. Clint said, "Michalla always wanted to serve a mission. She thought she was going to Knoxville. She had no idea what the Lord had in store. What the Lord has in mind is way better than Knoxville."</div>
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So, The Miracle we have been praying for isn't going to happen. When we knew Elder Perry was coming Clint said maybe it can be like in the scriptures and the woman just had to touch the Savior's robe. We all had a little glimmer of hope Michalla was going to be healed.</div>
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Instead, Michalla has been given the miracle of being able to serve her mission on the other side. We were given the miracle of finding some peace in all of this. Like Clint said, "It is still going to be hard when she dies but I feel a lot better. I feel some peace."<br />
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Michalla's Miracleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03214677827519219939noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065426423163096658.post-63065463310416265032014-06-13T14:20:00.001-07:002014-06-13T14:38:53.644-07:00They also serve who only stand and wait<div class="MsoNormal">
At the morning rounds with the docs it was reported that
Michalla’s condition is continuing to worsen as expected. For the last 24 hours she has been sleeping
relatively calmly but with some pain.
She was much less aware yesterday than the day before. She opened her eyes 5 or 6 times when we
called her name. She also squeezed
Teri’s hand a few times during the night.
She groans in pain when we have to move her even a little bit and still
is aware enough at times to be bothered when her mouth is being cleaned of
drool. The main two numbers we are
focusing on are 1) K (potassium) and 2)
BUN (blood urea nitrogen). The higher
the BUN is, the less Michalla is with us cognitively. That number is literally off the charts and still
climbing. The higher the K, the more
likely her heart will start failing. Her
K was at 6.5 this morning and 5.9 twelve hours before that. The docs say that 7 is where we will probably
start seeing the effects on her heart. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Yesterday was a day of laughing, crying and accepting. Every so often Teri says “I can’t believe
this is happening”. Rich said “this is
something that happens to other people”.
We are all trying to wrap our brains around the reality of what is going
on. Emotions run the gamut.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Here are some of the goings on here in the PICU:<o:p></o:p></div>
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Logan and Meagan both said their goodbyes to Michalla one on
one. First Megan, then Logan. When Logan
came out of the room someone mentioned that he should tell Michalla to lead him
to a good spouse from beyond. Logan
exclaimed, “don’t worry, I told her that already”. (He also asked her to help America to win the
world cup btw <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span>).<o:p></o:p></div>
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Kim’s (Michalla’s step mom) kids came to say goodbye as well
as my kids (Danny – Michalla’s step dad).
Whitney wrote Michalla a poem and read it to her through tears.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We received over a hundred emails with stories about
Michalla. Thank you all so much! We have
been reading them to her and laughing and crying (major story theme: Michalla's mix of "sweet" and
"spunky" attitude).<o:p></o:p></div>
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Michalla’s 6 year old cancer friend Lilly visited. She couldn’t come in the room because of her
cancer so she waived through the window to us from the sidewalk below. We then went down to see her in the lobby and
she gave us a guardian Angel stuffed bear to give to Michalla. Michalla was Lilly’s hero and helped her
through so many tough times like when Lilly started to lose her hair. They used
to go on walks together in the cancer ward and Lilly now does the nurses nails
and wears leggings just like Michalla. Lilly
was told about Michalla’s situation this morning in a family home evening. She was sad but she took it well. Her parents talked to her about the plan of salvation
and that they will see her again. Lilly
said she wants to come to the funeral and plant a Lilly at her gravesite. Seeing Lilly today was extremely hard on Teri. Teri does not understand why in the big
picture The Lord had to take Michalla from Lilly but she has faith there is
some good reason for it. Teri told Lilly’s
mom that half of her prayers were pleading that the Lord not take Michalla from
Lilly.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Around 7 or 8 last night we were sitting around Michalla and
all of the sudden Teri was stricken with grief and asked that we pray. We held hands around her bed as Rich gave a
wonderful spirit filled prayer that was so sweet. Later on Teri and Rich caressed Michalla’s
face sitting on either side of the bed and told her how much they loved her and
will miss her. They thanked her for being such an awesome daughter and example
and just talked and cried for several minutes just having a conversation with
her. It was heart breaking and beautiful.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Last night Teri slept with Michalla again and held her hand
through the night. Several times Teri whispered
in her ear that is was ok to stop fighting. I woke up at 3 am and came over and
rubbed Teri’s back and legs. I was struck
with the tortuous process that she is being subjected to of sleeping with and waiting
for your daughter to die.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Clint slept in chair a in the corner last night. When we were eating dinner with Clint, Teri
looked at his phone and noticed his wedding countdown that is the screensaver
on his phone. He said he is so torn
whether to take it off or not.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Cambri and Faith spend the evening with their grandma Vicki
making cookies and helping them write down their memories of Michalla. Faith
was in shock when her grandma said she could eat as many cookies as she wanted in
celebration of Michalla’s life. Cambri
hasn’t been able to write down her memories because it is too hard right now.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Ps Happy Friday the 13th!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Pps Please send more memories and pics for the funeral book
to <a href="mailto:teribeardall@msn.com">teribeardall@msn.com</a>.</div>
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Ppps Meagan is currently painting Michalla’s nails one last
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God's plan: Bring Michalla home<br />
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We weren't really sure what God’s plan was for Michalla until we had a meeting with all of her doctors yesterday afternoon. They basically told us that Michalla’s body and organs are shutting down and they don’t think there is anything more they can do. The plan now (again God’s plan not ours :)) is to minimize Michalla’s pain over the next hours and days until she leaves us. The doctors think she might be with us for another couple days, however she could pass at any time.<br />
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Yesterday her family was able to sit around her bed and spend time with her, share stories and start saying goodbye. Michalla was calm and was able to interact and say I love you and even do her best to pose for pictures. She even managed to send a stern glare Clint’s way when he was biting his nails (which she hates) so we know she is still with us :). After the doctor meeting last night we took Cambri and Faith into a room and broke the news to them. Very tough. The branch president came over around 10:30pm and gave Rich, Teri and Clint a blessing. Teri laid on the bed with Michalla all night. She didn't sleep a wink. She held her hand and talked to her and sang to her all night.<br />
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So to answer your question “What can I do to help”? Teri is still looking for stories and pictures of Michalla. Please send those to teribeardall@msn.com. Thanks to everyone so much for your outpouring of love and support.<br />
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Note: Danny (Step Dad) authored this post<br />
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<br />Michalla's Miracleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03214677827519219939noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065426423163096658.post-55454360179959160102014-06-11T11:49:00.001-07:002014-06-11T11:49:53.719-07:00Thank you from Michalla and please send memories or thoughts of MichallaThe docs have called another meeting with Rich and I for 4:30 today to discuss the recent (bad) turn of events and where to proceed from here. Things are not looking good though. Michalla and I have been talking about dying this morning. Her exact words where "I just want to die already. Why do I have to go through all this?" Meaning why does she have to go through all this pain if she is just going to die anyway. I didn't know what to tell her. I have the exact same questions!! Why?<br />
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She is up 4 liters of fluid that her body can't get rid of. They are surprised she is even able to still breathe. One option is surgery to put a tube in place to have dialysis but they think it is very unlikely she will survive surgery. But if they don't try it will only be a few days until she will die anyway from the fluids.<br />
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Her lungs are also bleeding from the fungus. She is in so much pain. Everything hurts. It hurts her to have anyone even touch her, which is hard because all I want to do is hug her.<br />
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I know everyone has already spent so much energy and time on Michalla but if you would take the time to write down any memories you have of Michalla and email them to me I would very much appreciate it. I would like to put together a book of memories or thoughts people have of Michalla.<br />
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I also want to be able to read them to her over the next couple of days. We have been talking about some memories I have but it would be fun to read other memories. Would you also please send any pictures you have of michalla to me. My email is teribeardall@msn.com. PLEASE. <br />
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Michalla has been fighting sleep all morning but I won't let her fall asleep. I keep telling her to stay awake because I want to spend every minute I can looking in her eyes and talking to her.<br />
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I asked her if there was anything she wanted to say to everyone on the blog and she said, "Mom, I'm just so tired." I gave her permission to go asleep. I told her I wouldn't keep her awake anymore. She opened up her eyes a few minutes later and said, "Just say Thank you. What else is there to say, except Thank you."<br />
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So Thank you from Michalla and Thank you from her family. As things get crazier around her and assuredly harder I don't know how much emotional energy I will have to blog so if I can't do it please accept our gratitude and thanks for being on this journey with us.<br />
<br />Michalla's Miracleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03214677827519219939noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065426423163096658.post-53940053496375619882014-06-11T08:28:00.001-07:002014-06-11T08:29:24.568-07:00Can the word of the day please be HOPEThe steroids have helped Michalla's bowels and her stool output has stopped. This is nice for her. Her kidneys still aren't responding and are worse again today. Her liver is a little better though. She is also coughing a lot and has coughed up some blood. Her urine is straight blood (the darkest I have seen it) with lots of clots. This is from the bk virus she has (whatever that is). I will post as the day goes on if anything changes. Right now she is still asleep after another restless night.<br />
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Michalla's Miracleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03214677827519219939noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065426423163096658.post-51250407178943424172014-06-10T20:22:00.000-07:002014-06-10T20:22:07.268-07:00SmilesThe results from the ultra sound and labs showed Michalla doing a little worse. That is ok. She has only had 3 doses of the medicine. The good thing is her spirits seem to be up today. She loved loved loved the rally last night. Rich said she was smiling the whole time and was mouthing along to the song the kids sang. I haven't seen her smile in weeks so that is awesome. Despite a hard night (her cathyter came out twice and they had to put it back in (ouch!), she has been pretty alert today. She was so excited to see Clint. When he walked in the room she started crying. He really is amazing to her. He is such an outstanding young man.<br />
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Thanks to everyone that fasted and prayed today in our behalf. Thank you to all that went to the temple today too. I felt very loved and have passed on that love to Michalla.<br />
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Before I went to the temple today, I put my dress into the dryer to get out the wrinkles. When I pulled it out, there were tissues and certs and all sorts of papers all over the dryer from things I had left in my pockets. So I was surprised when I put my hand into my pocket in the dressing room to feel a piece of paper. What I pulled out was Michalla's name tag from when she went through the temple for herself last Nov before she was to leave on her mission. It was so neat. I carried it in my pocket through the whole session. It was like she went to the temple with me today in spirit. A little tender mercy from the Lord. <br />
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I am hoping for some good news tomorrow when we see Labs from early tomorrow morning. <br />
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Michalla expressed she is tired for fighting but she isn't ready to die yet. The doctors say within the next few days will be able to tell if the drugs are helping. These drugs are not without risk. That is why we had the meeting with the doctors. But we made a decision that we had to try because without the treatment she would certainly not make it.<br />
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As we were explaining to Michalla that she was old enough that she had to decide if she wanted to be on life support and who she wanted to make the decisions for her if she gets to the point she can't decide anymore, she got all sad. The only thing she said (it is hard for her to talk) was that she was sorry and felt bad she was taking up so much time and energy of everyone's life. <br />
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That is so Michalla. We are talking about her dying and she is apologizing for being a burden to everyone. She is the most thoughtful person I know. Just like offering her blanket to me in the ultra sound room, while I was laying by her this morning she wanted to move her pillow because she was so uncomfortable but was worried I wouldn't be comfortable anymore. Here is a girl that is in more pain than she has ever been in and she is worried my head won't be comfortable. I just love that about her. Another sweet thing about Michalla was when they came to bring me the sacrament yesterday, she thought she would be able to take it. When they didn't pass it to her, tears started rolling down her cheeks because she was so disappointed that she wouldn't be able to take it. What an awesome example to me! I hope to be able to feel that longing for the sacrament that she has.<br />
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Thank you all for the kind thoughts and prayers that are coming our way. I am so grateful in times like this that I have a sure testimony in the gospel. I can't imagine going through this without the knowledge that there is life after we leave this earth. Without an eternal perspective, I don't think I would be able to go on. I am so thankful that Michalla is sealed to me. Yesterday Rich told Michalla "This body isn't you." That is so true. Michalla is much more than this mortal body she is trapped in.<br />
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I love you all. Thanks for sustaining me when I didn't think I had anything left in me. Your kind words of encouragement are what get me through the day.<br />
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Michalla's Miracleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03214677827519219939noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065426423163096658.post-73645611939229885072014-06-09T08:59:00.002-07:002014-06-09T09:02:12.622-07:00Keeps getting harderSuch a long day yesterday as the news settled in. We are having a meeting today at 11 with all the big chiefs of all the departments to decide what to do and what plan to take. Every plan isn't without risk. (Big risk).<br />
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Lows of the last 24 hrs:<br />
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Michalla saying she can't do this anymore.<br />
Michalla asking the doctor if she was going to die and him answering he doesn't know.<br />
Michalla not having controls of her bowels, and her watching them clean up her bedding with tears running down her cheeks saying she is so embarrassed. <br />
Seeing Michalla in so much pain.<br />
Having the ICU doctor tell me Michalla's organs are shutting down is the path toward dying.<br />
Sitting in on rounds and having them say they have one last ditch effort to try and save her life but it is extremely risky.<br />
Having docs tell me we need to have a talk with Michalla to see what her wishes are about being kept alive on life support.<br />
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Highs of the last 24 hrs:<br />
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Michalla asking me to lay by her and having them painfully move her over to make room for me on her bed.<br />
Laying by Michalla for the last 4 hours holding her hand.<br />
Michalla telling me I have been a good mom.<br />
Logan and Megan showing so much love toward their sister and such emotion.<br />
Logan giving Michalla a hug good bye and Michalla wanting to adjust her arms so she could actually put her arms around him too and not just have him hug her.<br />
Support and love from family and friends.<br />
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Im sorry this is short but I don't have the emotional energy to say much more or go into many more details. The only thing that can save Michalla's life now is a miracle. <br />
<br />Michalla's Miracleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03214677827519219939noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065426423163096658.post-79248754902720340692014-06-08T09:51:00.002-07:002014-06-08T10:05:45.028-07:00We need the Sun to shine today....More very bad news..Lots of major issues. When I got to the hospital yesterday morning the first thing Michalla told me was that she has never hurt this much before. I tried to rub some lotion on her poor hands and face and legs and it hurt sooo much for me to even touch her. Her skin is so sensitive. Moving her to the bathroom is pure torture. She has bad pealing skin and rashes.<br />
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She is back on the bi pap instead of the c pap because her breathing is worse. She now as fluid on her left lung as well as her right lung. They are not putting a chest tube in for now because they think the risk outweighs the reward so they are just watching it.<br />
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With all those tests they took they see that the fungus is more mature in her lungs and is evolving. It is still contained to her lungs (which it wouldn't be without the medicine) but it isn't getting any better. In fact it is getting worse.<br />
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The night was hard with several diarrhea bouts and throwing up and a chest xray at 4 AM. I think we got about 4 hours sleep total. The xray hurt her so bad because they had to touch and move her.<br />
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The really bad thing is that graft vs. host has started. The skin irritations of graft vs host are annoying but the bad thing is that it is in her gut. Her stomach is hurting soooo bad and she is having diarrhea so bad. Straight liquid running through with no thought of making it to the toilet. The stomach as basically shut down so even water stimulates the lining and causes diarrhea. They had been giving her the meds that aren't avail i.v., crushed up and in her feeding tube. They are discontinuing even her meds because this graft v host is so serious. She can't have ANYTHING in her stomach. <br />
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Michalla doesn't know it yet but this may be her worst day...ever....since they just took away her ability to have water. She is not allowed to have water any more! :(. I don't want to tell her......<br />
(.As I am typing this Michalla just asked for water and the nurse told her she couldn't have any. Tears are now rolling down her cheeks.) To feel like hell and not to even have the one thing that gives you just a little relief just doesn't seem fair. I HATE CANCER!<br />
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In rounds today the bone marrow doctor told everyone just how painful this graft vs. host in the stomach is. They upped her pain meds. She has a pain pump she can push every 10 min and it is locked out in between. She was successful in pushing it 18 times through the night but unsuccessful in pushing it 40 times. That means she was in so much pain she was trying to push it all through the night.<br />
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Her kidneys are worse again today. This is a big concern also. The kidney specialist came yesterday and is coming again today because her fluid retention is even worse. They are giving her a lot of meds to try and get the fluid off but nothing is working. This is a major issue.<br />
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Her jaundice is bad. Her eyes are just yellow. They say this is caused from the anti-fungal medicine to treat the aspergillus. The medicine causes the liver to not work properly. It seems like one medicine helps one thing but hurts another thing.<br />
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Ok, here is where we need another miracle. I haven't seen the doctors so somber in discussing what to do. They even called the big guns on the phone and discussed because they have no answer. They sat around and discussed for 15 minutes and didn't even make a decision. It seems like one of those damned if you do, damned if you don't.<br />
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Michalla needs steroids to treat and get rid of the graft vs. host in the stomach. But the steroids will help the fungus grow in her lungs, which is already barely being kept at bay. So the discussion was to give her steroids and help her stomach and make the fungus worse or not give her steroids and leave the graft vs. host untreated. It is a major deal. Both of these are big life-threatening issues with no clear answer.<br />
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Michalla is in so much pain and right now the future doesn't look very bright. I know that the Lord has a plan for Michalla. I don't know what it is but I know if he wants her to get better she can, even though it seems impossible right now and the doctors have no idea how to make it happen at this point.<br />
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Her journey has been a series of miracles so far. I need all of your help...AGAIN..(I'm so sorry I am always begging for help). We are in need of another miracle to heal Michalla. I have found myself once again, begging with the Lord to direct the doctors to make the right decision and to save my daughters life.<br />
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As a mother, I just looked at her and cried and cried yesterday. Last night she was in so much pain that she didn't want me to leave her bedside. Even though it was 12:30 in the morning I just sat on her bed and held her hand until she fell asleep and I could sneak away to the couch bed. I sang her all the primary songs I used to sing to her when she was little. I don't have the best voice but it seemed to calm her down a little so I will pretend like she enjoyed it. :) It is so hard to see your child in so much pain and not be able to do anything. I have such sympathy for anyone that has had to watch a loved one die from a disease. It is horrible. As I was driving yesterday I was just sobbing because at that moment in time I didn't know how we could go on even one more day. I am still crying right now but I know the only way we can go on is with the help of the Atonement. As I type this I know it is true and I feel some comfort in it, but my lack of faith is showing in the fact that I still feel so hopeless and quiet frankly just so tired. Some days I just want to give up. I just don't think I have it in me to go on another day. At the same time, I feel so guilty because Michalla isn't giving up. I'm not the one battling this terrible disease yet I'm the one wanting to give up.<br />
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So please, when you pray for Michalla please pray for me as well. Please ask the Lord to strengthen me to be the mother I need to be right now and have the faith I need to accept the path the Lord has laid out for Michalla. I do not have it in me anymore to be strong--without the Lord's help. Help my shoulders be strengthened so I can bear this burden a little longer.<br />
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<br />Michalla's Miracleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03214677827519219939noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065426423163096658.post-44777106762961558852014-06-07T07:31:00.002-07:002014-06-07T07:31:38.778-07:00Stuck in a rut. The docs are worried because Michalla has had several days of no improvement and even doing worse. She is not able to eat any food anymore. She is even not getting anything in her feeding tube. She is also more tired and not moving as much. She isn't responding to the medicine they are giving her for C Diff or the medicine for the fungus. They are running a bunch more tests (x-rays, ultra sounds, CT scans, cultures etc.) to see if there is something else they aren't catching and treating.<br />
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They are surprised she is making such slow progress. We will see if the tests tell us anything. My original goal was to have Michalla home by her birthday on July 1st. What a great birthday gift to her that would be. Now I am just hoping she can be out of the ICU by her birthday.<br />
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Please continue the prayers in her behalf. Thanks. Love you all.Michalla's Miracleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03214677827519219939noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065426423163096658.post-55060233635209441122014-06-04T13:10:00.001-07:002014-06-04T13:43:25.140-07:00Too good to last. :(We have had a couple of days of backward progress. Michalla's fever has been going up and we finally found the cause of her intense stomach pain. She has C Diff. This is a common infection of the colon, especially if you have been on a lot of antibiotics, which she most certainly has. It causes diarrhea, fever and pain. Check, check and check. ( Can you imagine having diarrhea when you can't move without help and you have to go in a bedside portable toilet.) :(<br />
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They tried clamping off her chest drains for a day to see if her lungs were ready for them to be removed. Her breathing got worse and when they unclamped them, the nurse was able to pull off 17 of those syringe tubes full of fluid. No wonder she was struggling so much to breathe with it clamped. <br />
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Michalla's skin on her whole body is peeling. No matter how much lotion you put on. I'm sure this is another annoying chemo side effect. <br />
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Michalla a few minutes ago got all sad and teary eyed and expressed that she feels like she has no say or control of herself. People have to help her move, help her go to the bathroom, bathe her etc. And 24 hrs a day nurses and docs and therapists are telling her what to do. She doesn't get to make any decisions or decide anything for herself. She also was bothered that so many people every day look at her butt (even more than normal because of the cyst.) and every other area you are taught to keep private as a young girl. It really made me feel for her. As a grown woman with 5 kids I have not thought about privacy or modesty for a long time. But as a 19 year old girl it is kind of humbling and embarrassing. Michalla's Miracleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03214677827519219939noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065426423163096658.post-14437622376148769282014-06-03T06:03:00.003-07:002014-06-04T13:46:57.336-07:00The best day of my life...EVER!I don't know if anyone remembers when Michalla was at the peak of mucositis and her mouth and throat hurt so bad because it was so inflamed and had so many sores going down her throat. She physically couldn't swallow. She was so thirsty but couldn't get any relief. She told me that the day she could have a drink of water again would be the best day of her life...EVER! I joked with her and said, "Really, ever?" It was pretty funny but she meant it. She wanted water so bad that nothing in the world could seem to bring any more pleasure than just being able to quench that thirst.<br />
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Well, that day has come. We are not talking little sips. We are talking big, quench your thirst, not hurt when you swallow drinks. Last night she was just drinking out of her hospital mug with the big straw like it was the easiest thing in the world. She drank about a quarter of the mug before coming up for air. <br />
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I reminded her of what she said and asked her if she remembered saying it. She said she did remember and every time the water slid down her throat without hurting she thought to herself, "this is the best feeling ever. I love this. This feels soooo good."<br />
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It is so sweet that the little things that we take for granted are brought into a light that makes you feel grateful for them. It is amazing that a drink of water can make a person's whole day.<br />
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It is a good reminder to not take for granted all the little things that just work in our bodies that we don't even have to think about. It is also a good reminder to me to enjoy the little things in life, to get pleasure from a cold drink of water. Right now it is sometimes hard to find a lot of 'big things' to find pleasure in. My life is so full of mundane things.<br />
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I went outside today for 20 minutes when Michalla dozed off and sat on a bench with my face to the sun and just soaked in the sunshine. That was my "this is the best feeling ever" moment.. Every minute I sat there I was grateful and didn't take for granted that I was having this opportunity to just be outside in the sun. I want to thank Michalla for giving me that gratitude today for something small.<br />
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Michalla is still in a lot of pain. She cannot move her legs without help because she is still so weak. We have to lift them on and off the bed and move them when she rolls over. She was able to stand with me supporting her for about a minute though. That is better than last week so she is making improvements. She is working so hard. Every few hours she does her lung therapy--even during the night. They did chest xrays at 4 am this morning so hopefully they will show that all her hard work is paying off. <br />
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She said the thing she is looking forward to the most about moving back up to the ICS is being able to go to the bathroom in an actual bathroom rather than a portable toilet sitting in the middle of the room with nurses walking around her. (She does still have the catheter on because she is still peeing blood clots). Can you image the pressure of trying to go with people around and out in the open? I imagine the day she can go to the bathroom in privacy will be the 2nd best day of her life...Ever!<br />
<br />Michalla's Miracleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03214677827519219939noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065426423163096658.post-60128941538559832952014-06-02T15:00:00.001-07:002014-06-02T15:00:16.920-07:00June is already looking up.Michalla is off the bipap and back down to a cpap. That is good news. It means her lungs are improving. She is much more alert. This is also awesome. I have been so worried about her. Her new oxygen mask only covers her nose so she can talk. It is still hard to communicate with her but way way better.<br />
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She is working so hard with respiratory therapists doing exercises on her lungs that are painful. I am so proud of her for working so hard.<br />
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Because she is more alert she is aware of her situation. She started crying to me today that she feels so stupid. She said "I am just like a baby. I can't do anything by myself. I can't even stand and go to the bathroom by myself. I have to have help to do anything."<br />
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I feel so bad for her. It is so humbling to be in a situarion where you are dependent on other people FOR EVERYTHING. Even her very breath that keeps her alive.<br />
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