So much has happened since my last post.
It will be a challenge to catch up.
At the end of September we learned that my youngest sister had a tumor on her brain. She is a survivor of breast cancer (10 years ago) and lung cancer (2 years ago) so the prognosis was worrying. Surgery to remove the tumor was presented as an option. The surgery would take place at Royal Columbia in New Westminster but it was impossible to confirm a date for the surgery due to Covid complications in hospitals. These complications, which have impacted thousands of people waiting for surgeries, are caused by the unvaccinated in our province.
She flew from Campbell River on Vancouver Island to Vancouver on November 8th for preliminary tests and on November 12th at 2:00pm she finally had surgery which successfully removed the tumor. By 2:00pm the next day she was released from hospital...24 hours later!! Unbelievable! She was walking, talking, eating and eager to get out!
The surgeon requested that she stay on the mainland for 10 days and have a CT scan as well as a Cancer Clinic appointment before returning to Campbell River. In the meantime we are keeping a close eye on her for seizures and possible stroke. When she is given permission to travel we will take her back to her home.
On the same weekend as her surgery our province was visited by an "Atmospheric River". It was an ongoing deluge of rain and wind that decimated farm lands, wiped out sections of highways, forced evacuations of towns and stranded hundreds of people. Lives were taken, the food chain was halted...no truck, train or ship deliveries into or out of the city of Vancouver. It will be days/weeks before transportation routes are restored. Thousands of farm animals have died. Fuel for our vehicles has been rationed to 30 liters.
One week has passed since this disaster and the forecast is for another "Atmospheric River" to hit the northern coast of our province with potential flooding. More rainfall will also arrive later this week on the south coast which has not had time to rebuild and recover. Smaller highways have reopened with one way, slow traffic. The main highway, the Coquihalla, will take months to repair.
