elizabeth sedway , who suffers from multiple myeloma - a rare form of plasma cancer - detailed her ordeal in a status update accompanying the short video , which has been shared nearly 10,000 times as of tuesday evening .
in the message , the mother of two explained that she was sitting in the handicapped section of a boarding area at lihue airport on kauai when an alaska airlines representative noticed she had put on a surgical mask to shield herself from germs and came up to her asking if she needed anything .