An update on Kaylee.
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Some of you may have seen my recent post on this topic, but if you haven’t please go read that before reading this one. Okay, now with that out of the way, here’s some news that I received. Kaylee has specifically chosen to not get treatment until she’s 25. For those of you who don’t know, Kaylee is 19. That’s 6 years without treatment. I don’t agree with her decision on this, and I am scared to tell her that I don’t as that would be disrespecting her wishes. She says her reasoning is that she “doesnt wanna still be doing treatment while she’s still young.” My argument against this is that treatment takes 4-6 months on average, and that means she would live a longer life if she chose to get treatment. Treatment does not take 6 years to go through, and its not even a full year of her life. That’s why I dont agree with her decision. I want her to live a long and happy life, not just a short and happy life. I know this was a very difficult decision for her to make. And if its a money issue (I dont know if it is) I would be willing to find multiple ways to help. This is something that is very upsetting to me and I really want to make her at least consider changing her decision. I dont know where to go about this, and I feel like she would be thinking that I’m not respecting her wishes or something. This is a very difficult situation
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@Nitsua I don’t know what you can really do besides remind her of the great exchange it’d be to just do treatments now. Even if it takes time away from her youth, it is better than letting death take her in the future… I am very sorry this is something she has to deal with at all. And I can’t even imagine the stress of this decision. You just want her to live a good life. I wish she’d consider taking time for this treatment right now. If she’s not on board with it, it’s going to be really hard on you I’m sure. Her choice seems unlogical to me, but. You can’t do much besides pray she has a change of mind.
