Complex sentence: Some days after, her physician informed the Aquino family that she had colorectal cancer, and by mid-March 2008, she confided the nature of her disease to a close friend, Rev Catalino Arévalo.
Split into simpler sentences: Some days after, her doctor confirmed that she had colorectal cancer to the Aquino family. By mid-March 2008, she confided the nature of her disease to a close friend, Rev Catalino Arévalo.