Viaje a Gainesville

 

Comenzamos el mes de septiembre, de 2026, con una terrible noticia.  Habíamos recibido la siguiente nota de la prima Maggie:

Hi Primas!  This is Maggie. Unfortunately mom is in the hospital since Sunday. She was having some

stomach pains that were pretty bad so I took her to ER. I didn’t want to call anyone till we had some answers and here they are.

We have 3 issues:

A Stomach Mass:

The biopsy results are not back yet so they don’t know if the mass is a tumor or an ulcer. Either way she has to have surgery to either remove it (if cancer) or remove or bypass it if ulcer.  Surgery will be scheduled for Thursday or Friday. Dr does not think she will tolerate Chemo so they are going straight to surgery. 

Aortic Valve:

She has severe stenosis where the valve is closing and is almost closed, however she is not really showing the symptoms.  Cardiology is consulting the options to see what needs to be done. The mass is priority of course. Most likely another procedure 😢

Blood count:

She’s lost a lot of blood. Count is below 8 so may need a blood transfusion, especially for the surgeries.  Both surgeons will determine that.

She’s is good spirits, loving the attention she is getting from everyone. We are in Gainesville, North Florida Regional RM 610

We will be here at least another week and then see what the plan would be next. I’ve been staying with her at the hospital. This is my cell and you are welcome to call or text me anytime. She has her phone as well and I’m sure would love to hear from you. Love you! I’m sorry for the troubling news but we’re dealing. 🙏🏻

Como podrán imaginar, pensábamos que "La Pelona" estaba a punto de llevarse a la Prima Yoly.  Por la nota de Maggie, pensábamos que La Yoly estaba como "El Gallo de Morón" (¡sin plumas y cacareando!)... o como El Gorrión de Guajimico: ¡más allá que de acá!  Diría Siomara Madree (QEPDF): "No era nada lo del ojo... ¡y lo llevaba en la mano!"