Pt 1

Aunt Sue, who was told she couldn't get pregnant, found out she was expecting at age 40. She and her husband were scared but happy. During her pregnancy, she developed a severe migraine and went to the hospital, where they discovered a brain tumor covering 90% of her brain. She needed emergency surgery, but because she was pregnant, the hospital couldn't proceed. In this week's podcast, I will be telling you about a story that hits a little close to home. This story will take you on a rollercoaster of events that many people will never experience in their lifetime. To get started, let me tell you a little bit of background. Ever since my Aunt Sue was at the age of 17, she was told that she could not get pregnant and so that is all that she believed. While I was growing up, I felt like she was a great aunt to all of her nieces and nephews and treated us all as if we were her own. I always wondered what it would be like if she had kids, but thought that we would never know. In January of 2016, a lot of my family went to a Globetrotters game together, including Sue and her husband Paul. Towards the end of the game, my Aunt and Uncle had left a little early due to her not feeling well, but she had pretty bad food allergies so everyone just brushed it off to be something that she may have eaten. The next day, it was not getting any better and she was throwing up like crazy. It was to the point where she had stayed in the bathroom most of the day. Continuing on, a few days later, she ended up going to the doctor and they did lots of tests. The results came back and they showed that she was pregnant. Everyone was in shock. Sue and Paul were so scared yet so happy at the same time. They were afraid that she would boost the baby because she was in her 40s and often this can result in complications followed by miscarriages. They were also worried since she had always been told that she could not be pregnant. At the same time, they were so happy and they felt like they might finally get to have the child of their own. With support from the family and some prayers, she knew that it would be a tough pregnancy, but as it was her first, she could do it. This is until one night in July where she had an intense and awful migraine. She was no stranger to these, but this one was pretty bad. It was to the point where she had gone to the hospital because she was in so much pain. The hospital told her to take some medicine, but because she was pregnant, they couldn't really give her anything too strong. Additionally, they said that if it does not get better within a day, then she could come back. After waiting and waiting for it to get better, she made her way back to North King City Hospital in more pain than the first time. The nurses basically told her that there was nothing that they could do. The doctor came in and ended up deciding that since she was 7 months pregnant, they would take the precautions and do an MRI just to make sure that there was nothing wrong. I'm not sure if you've ever had an MRI, but it's in a large machine and you end up going inside of it. The machine is very loud and feels like it vibrates the entire 30 to 45 minutes that you are inside. Now imagine that with a pounding migraine. Anyways, back to the story. During the time that she was getting the MRI, my grandmother and other Aunt Ginger ended up going to the hospital. When the MRI was over, Sue was sent back to her room to wait for the results. After about another 30 minutes of sitting there talking, it was already 8 o'clock at night. This is when the nurses came in and asked everyone except for Sue and her husband Paul to leave the room. At this moment, people knew that there was something going on because normally the doctors would give the results with the family in the space. The doctors gave my aunt the results and said that she had a tumor covering 90% of her brain and she was in need of emergency surgery. The doctors gave my aunt the results and said that she had a tumor covering 90% of her brain and she was in need of immediate surgery that could be done the next day. If the tumor continued to grow, it would cover her entire brain and she would die, so surgery was really her only option. Since she was pregnant and it was a brain surgery, North Kansas City was unable to proceed. The doctors gave my aunt the results and said that she had a brain tumor covering 90% of her brain and was in need of emergency surgery that could be done the next day.