Knowing that my sister gained remission gives me an immense bias, but ask the question, “Good or bad?” now and my answer may just be, “hard to tell.”
BY Kim Johnson
PUBLISHED January 18, 2018
Kim is a nursing student who is hoping to find her place amongst the phenomenal oncology nurses and doctors who cared for her sister. She loves reading, volunteering and enjoying the outdoors of Colorado.
Today marks two years since my sister received her bone marrow transplant, and since then I have done a lot of reflecting. Each time I looked at the clock, I found myself thinking back to what was happening the same time on that day and how I felt back then. My mind drifted and I began to think about the presence of cancer in our lives and all that came with it. I heard a parable this past week and it goes as follows:
“There was once a farmer in a village. One day, his horse ran away. So, the villagers came up to him and said, ‘That’s bad.’ He shrugged his shoulders and said, ‘Hard to say.’
The next day, the horse came back with seven wild horses. The villagers came to him and said, ‘More horses, that’s good.’ He shrugged his shoulders and said, ‘Hard to say.’
“There was once a farmer in a village. One day, his horse ran away. So, the villagers came up to him and said, ‘That’s bad.’ He shrugged his shoulders and said, ‘Hard to say.’
The next day, the horse came back with seven wild horses. The villagers came to him and said, ‘More horses, that’s good.’ He shrugged his shoulders and said, ‘Hard to say.’
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