Doctors dismissed her pain as common back pain, but when it spread to her sternum and skull, she knew something was really wrong. How one young mother faced her worst fear and found her way to her future:
It was a strange burning-type pain right between my shoulder blades. I’d been feeling it for about a year, but the doctors in Rock Springs, WY, dismissed it. “Everyone has back pain,” they said, “Do these exercises and you should feel better.” But when the pain appeared in my sternum and my skull, I knew I had to find help somewhere. When I saw an orthopedic surgeon in Salt Lake City, he did an MRI of my spine and sternum -- and then immediately ordered a biopsy.
My husband rushed home from work, we threw some things in suitcases, and we hurried out of the house into an uncertain future. We made a quick stop because we forgot to “go” before we left. At the truck stop, I sat on a couch in the ladies’ room and held my daughter. I told her I loved her and everything would be OK, even though I didn’t really know. This time, I did it without tears.
It had been 3 hours since I got the call, and the hospital admissions office was waiting for us, so we were quickly ushered to the oncology floor. We were waiting for my room when a doctor walked in, looked around, then walked out. She asked a nurse, “Is Mrs. Ayen here?” The nurse pointed to us, and the doctor said, “It can’t be. Mrs. Ayen shouldn’t be able to walk.” When she came to talk to us, I explained that I had been changing sheets when I got the call. She shook her head in disbelief.
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