ambrosia papageorgiou, a once wonderfully talented and vibrant young girl whose life was turned upside down after getting diagnosed with leukemia.
after moving to forks, washington with her mother, abandoning her long time friends, she gets introduc...
i. cancer may have started the fight, but i will finish it !
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|AMBROSIA PAPAGEORGIOU, she had it all. Money, looks, a good family.. but cancer ruined that. It took away everything she had. Her bone marrow began producing abnormal white blood cells, which do not work the same as regular ones. In patients with leukemia, some of the white blood cells in the bone marrow do not fully mature, so they do not function properly. These abnormal cells grow more rapidly than normal cells, and continue growing when they should stop. Over time, they begin to overcrowd the bone marrow, impeding the normal function and growth of healthy blood cells, A smart, and educated girl. Everything was perfect, until she was diagnosed with leukemia.
She began her treatment. Ambrosia was currently in and out of treatment, her body struggling to keep up. She was given 2 to 4 rounds of high, dose cytarabine or other intensive chemotherapy at monthly intervals.
Her body was slowly falling apart. She was becoming weak. The one thing she never wanted to become. She was exhausted, even waking up from a nap, she was never at her best. Amber never left her bed, unless it was treatment.
She never felt like eating. At most she would eat a few pieces of broccoli, or a chip. She just couldn't find the need to eat, like her stomach was forcing the food away.
Amber always used to play the violin, but she couldn't keep her focus for more then a few moments. If she was playing infront of people, like her parents she would easily get distracted by a new shirt or a beautiful necklace.
She tried hard, timing herself to keep focus, and the longest she went was just about 2:08 minutes.
She was permanently transferred into her local hospital, never leaving her room, losing interest in hanging out with her friends. Ignoring their texts, or dismissing their calls. She didn't want to hear their pity. Amber never wanted to look weak, especially infront of the people she had known for years. The most she would do, is leave, maybe 3 feet outside of her room, to get a chocolate bar from the vending machine, that she would barely eat.
After awhile, she didn't even like to play the violin anymore. She locked it away in a box, never opening it again.
Her mother always came to visit her, updating her on the outside world, celebrity weddings, mass murderers, political statements, none of which she cared for.
When her 17th birthday arrived her parents got her a sketch book, encouraging her to draw. Amber knew what the meant, though. They wanted the girl to draw her final moments, not make a fun picture book. Her parents only wanted the best for their daughter, their youngest child.
Yes, yes, Amber had a sibling. An older brother actually. She doesn't like to talk about him because he left her when she was diagnosed. He was holding off on going to college, and right when she got sick, he left.
