Torhout “Melissa felt on January 14, what ziekjes and first went to the doctor. It seemed like a buikgriepje. Her condition was repaired however not and there were additional studies. Only on the 1st of February, we were told that she has a rare form of stomach cancer, especially male 70-somethings. This weekend she ended up in a coma, and on Tuesday, she has the fight already been lost”, sigh her husband Jeroen Hemeryck, who is now with the two kids of 4 and 6 orphaned remains.
It’s all gone so fast that the loved ones of Melissa Brown, a cheerful and popular kleuterjuf in The Revinze in Torhout, can’t breath can come from a few intense weeks. And everything seemed very innocent to begin with. Melissa, who never felt sick, got on the 14th of January some pain from her stomach. “She went to the doctor and got a week of rest prescribed,” says Jeroen. “It seemed like an innocent buikplaagje, did that already the round. Nothing pointed to something much more serious. Yes, Melissa was a bit emaciated, but she had, last summer, opted. They lost the last time some extra pounds, but as a woman, and she liked that, of course, not very. But her condition repaired. She went back for a CT scan and noticed doctors for the first time that something was not right. There were additional studies done, and we were for the results thereof to the oncologist called. You know that, of course, that it is really wrong.”
Very low blood pressure
But even during that discussion could not have something very specific to be indicated. “It was said that the stomach cancer was, but that there are 3 forms were possible. The strange thing was that this is a cancer of the stomach is that normal male 70-somethings. So it was, in that sense, it is still a rarity. Exploratory surgery last week Thursday confirmed that. It was decided to use a treatment start-up and Melissa was allowed to return home. She could still leave, but only with guidance. The biggest problem was that she was so cold to the touch, although she said she is hot. That was because they have a very low blood pressure, but 8 to 6. Last weekend it suddenly happened very fast. Saturday morning was her blood pressure to be much lower, and I called the ambulance. In the hospital, she immediately had surgery and she ended up in an artificial coma. There, she is not more awake. On Monday, I heard that all hope is vain, and Melissa could not. My world crashed in.”
