Posted on 09/01/2006 3:08:00 AM PDT by prisoner6
My mom lived six months and one day from the night she went into the ER. A neurologist who was treating mom proclaimed, matter of factly, that she had 'less than six months.' She was in a coma the last couple of months but my dad and I truly believed that she had to prove the doc wrong. Coincidently, my mom was 1st generation, Irish and she (like Mayor O'Connon) had striking snow white hair. I know hair color means nothing, but when I read of the Mayor's diagnosis, I just thought of the similarities.
Very sad, but this does not surprise me. I had a friend in the medical field that told me when he heard about first treatment not working that he would never leave the hospital.
Prayers up for him and his family.
Sad news. Thanks to all on FR who have been praying for our mayor.
May the Lord comfort and strengthen Mr. O'Connor's family at this time of sorrow.
He seemed healthy till the doctors got hold of him. They hit him with radiation,drilled holes in his head,bombarded him with pills. He might very well be sitting at his desk right now if he didn't go into the hospital.
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I really wonder about that , too. If the mayor had waited to see his regular physician, or even if he would have gone to South Side or one of the other community hospitals' ER instead of an institution which specializes in these rare and dread diseases, he might still be looking for a diagnosis at this point in time. And he might be in better condition as well.
Prayers for the Mayor and his family.
The man was sick and needed to see a doctor or he wouldn't have gone to the ER. It's hard for patients to decide what to do when diagnosed with cancer. Do you try to beat it or not? It's human nature to want to 'do something' to try to get better.
We had a friend who was diagnosed with Acute leukemia at the age of 26. He was very tired and was having some flu like symptoms. He was diagnosed about 6 days before he died.
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