20th February 2017, 2.23pm

Nick's mum comes home today! We visited every day this weekend. We also each bought her some pretty flowers. The nice weather is gone, but that's okay.

16th February 2017, 10.08am

The surgery ended up taking 13 hours. Everything went well. Nick's dad was able to see her last night around 11pm. The hardest part is finally over. They tested her lymph nodes as well and they came back negative (thankfully). We will be headed home tomorrow after classes to visit her in the hospital. I mostly succeeded in keeping Nick occupied last night. There was one point where he got really anxious, but that's because we hadn't heard from his dad since that morning. It's done, though. That's the best part. The surgery is over and she's doing okay.

15th February 2017, 9.53am

I'm not allowed to cry today. I have to stay strong for Nick. His mother was diagnosed with breast cancer a couple months ago. After all the tears and needles and waiting, she is having a double mastectomy today. It started at 8am and will take all day. I have to be strong for Nick and his family. He needs me to be there to keep him from thinking too much. I've only known his family for about 4 months, but they have become like a second family to me. Today, I am terrified. Today, I have to pretend I'm fine. Today, I need to be strong. I can't cry in front of Nick today. He needs me to be strong and understanding and okay. I need to be able to distract him. I need to try and keep a smile on his face. If anything goes wrong during the surgery, we are going straight home. I hope it doesn't come down to that because I'm not sure what he would do. Hrs already been worrying about this surgery for weeks. I have to hold him up today.