Dear Diary?,
My name is Diana Thalia Grace. My parents are Jason Grace and Piper McLean. I'm named after my aunt Thalia and the roman version of Artemis. But as a joke everyone calls me timber because of the few years my aunt was a pine tree. The only reason I'm writing this is because one of my nurses gave this to me on my last visit. She said, "Writing down stuff your age will really help out with what your going through at this age." Why do I go to the hospital you ask? I have heart cancer.
"Heart cancer (primary cardiac tumor) is cancer that arises in the heart. Cancerous (malignant) tumors that begin in the heart are most often sarcomas, a type of cancer that originates in the soft tissues of the body. The vast majority of heart tumors are noncancerous (benign).Heart cancer is extremely rare. For example, one study reviewed more than 12,000 autopsies and found only seven cases of primary cardiac tumor. At Mayo Clinic, on average only one case of heart cancer is seen each year.
Although still rare, most cancers found in the heart have come from elsewhere in the body. Cancers that begin near the heart, such as lung cancer, can grow to involve the heart or the lining around the heart (pericardial sac). Or cancer can begin elsewhere in the body and spread to the heart through the bloodstream. Cancers that may affect the heart include breast cancer, kidney cancer, lung cancer, leukemia, lymphoma and melanoma, among others. Cancer can affect the heart in other ways, as well. A rare type of cancer known as carcinoid tumor at times produces hormones that can damage heart valves.
Cancer treatments also can damage the heart. Cancer treatments linked to heart problems include several types of chemotherapy drugs, certain targeted therapy drugs, radiation therapy aimed near the heart, and hormone therapy. Some heart problems are detected during treatment, while others may not become apparent for many years after treatment. In many cases, the heart damage is reversible, though some types of heart damage can be permanent."
This is the paper the doctor gave my parents when I got the tumor in my body. I just hate it when people look at me all weird, looking at me like I'm contagious. Uncle Will once told my parents that I have a better chance of dying of cancer then monsters. It kind of helps, knowing that I suck at fighting. The life expectancy was 2-3 months after my tumor devolves which happened already. Three years ago was when my tumor completely developed. The only family member who at least knows how I feel is Brianna. Her asbestos tumor (lung cancer) was giving her 14 months to live.. She was diagnosed when she was ten. She's now 15. My other family members don't know if they're going to be alive tomorrow. Brianna and me always say we're miracles, because according to science we shouldn't be alive. Oops! I think I forget to describe myself. I look my dad, sky blue eyes, shoulder length blond hair and a pure white smile. My brother Leo likes to make fun of me, saying I want to look like dad so much I was thinking about eating a stapler. Which is not true! But I do have a cut on my finger that refuses to heal.
Leo's a great brother. He has the same blond hair I do but shorter, he also has mom's blueish-brownish eyes. He is named after mom and dad's friend Leo Valdez. They 'had' Leo before Uncle Leo came back from the dead. But practically calls Leo 'Caleb', his middle name so we don't get me and my cousins have 'troubles', Leo doesn't have nothing. Leo is practically my body guard. I remember in elementary school when bullies made fun of me he would threaten their lives. Even if he is 3 years older we don't fight like other siblings, like Sebastian ! Almost revealed someone, I mean something. Leo has a girlfriend but I haven't met her yet. Leo having a girlfriend got me thinking: I would want a relationship. I don't really have any friends to begin with it besides: Brianna, Mary, Sebastian, Sammy, Leo, and Ally, a girl I met at the hospital. Leo's my brother so that's out, Sebastian's kind of a book worm and a little annoying when it comes to competition, Sammy...well what can I say about Sammy, he's kind, he rarely gets angry, and is the only one who gets straight A's. I guess I might like Sammy...but only time will tell.
Sammy Valdez. S-A-M-M-Y O-D-Y-S-S-E-U-S V-A-L-D-E-Z. I like him, I like him, I love him. The only thing my mom disowns me with is that I have 'Aphrodite powers'. So what if I like to 'ship' people together?! The thing wrong with Sammy is that he's disabled from the waist down, a result from a accident saving a kid from getting hit by a car. But if he's anything like Uncle Leo he'd be a huge flirt and already have a girlfriend. I also know a secret, one that only one other person knows: Sammy himself. Sammy should've inherited fire powers from Uncle Leo, but he got cursed (not a curse 'curse' but an actual curse that would be with him until the day he died). He supposedly got cursed by Khione ,to all of you who don't know what I'm saying, just imagine Disney's Elsa as boy.
Brianna Maria diAngelo-Solace, the one who understands me most. We really didn't like each other at first to be honest. Maybe it's the fact she's a mortal, maybe because she can see through the mist better than us, maybe I don't like her because she has a boyfriend. We became really close in the hospital, she would sneak over to me room and we would mess around as much as we could. She is annoying not matter what though. The best present anyone could give me would being able to take Brianna's iPod and throw it in the ocean.
Ops! I better go, my mom's calling me. I have to go get radiation. I'll explain the others !
Love,
Diana Grace
