How Foster Parenting is Helping My Cancer Journey
Six years ago I opened my two bedroom apartment door to foster teens, specifically one girl above the age of 12. Five years later I closed my four bedroom house door after welcoming 9 kids, sometimes 2 or 3 at a time and 2 boys in. Since closing in October to focus on relationships, overtime, and the relationship with my first foster child who aged out, I had only two months before cancer knocked on my door instead. January 3rd, after one day of school, I ended up in the hospital with a softball sized tumor. Surgery was scheduled for February, but quickly bumped up after every day I went to work ended with an ER trip. I could barely walk some days and my energy was so low that I needed help with my Instrumental Activities of Daily Living. Cooking for myself was more difficult if not impossible depending on pain levels. I couldn't drive to the hospital as my doctors were 50 miles away and I wasn't sure how much the ambulance ride I ha...