smacky and bucky

I have a cousin, two years younger than me. She has two young kids, and she been battling breast cancer for over two years. I've mentioned her here before. Over my visit home, I learned she's pretty much on oxygen and can't leave the house now. Now i just received an email from my mother saying my cousin was checked in to the hospital late last night and "they are keeping her breathing until everyone gets there. It probably won't be long now."

Two young kids losing their mother at Christmas. A husband losing his wife at Christmas.

That sucks. There's nothing else to say.