Let me tell you a little back ground about my mom. She is the most caring wonderful woman I have ever met. She has never dwelled in the past and always lived for the future, until now. 3 1/2 Years ago my mom was diagnosed with an aggressive form of Breast Cancer that had spread to her lymph nodes. She immedietely went in and started radiation and chemo. After a year of treatments, and a surgery to remove the cancer ridden breast, she was in Remission.
We were elated! She was took on as a charity case at the Mayo Clinic in Florida, I could not be happier. She got all the expert care she needed and didnt have to worry about bills. They started the process of reconstruction, They took her belly fat flap, and reconstructed a new left breast. She felt whole again! There was a lot of trouble with the healing but we all attributed that to the bouts of radiation and chemo she had over come. Finally it healed, She was in Remission for a year when she started coughing up blood. She went to her Dr. who attributed it to Pneumonia, gave her antibiotics and sent her home. She woke up one morning and called me on Skype, I live in Arkansas she lives is Florida, complaining of what she called a broken butt. She said it hurt to sit and walk. I thought she might have pinched her sciatic nerve but to be sure I told her to head to the hospital. They took blood and found an elevated amount of white blood cells, or infection fighting cells, They told her to head straight in for a scan. Two agonizing days later we got the news that none of us expected. Mom had stage 4 Bone and Lung cancer. They found it in her Hips, spine, legs, shoulder, and Right lung. They gave my mom 6 months - 1 year to live! that was 2 Months ago. Today she is sitting in the hospital with a tube in her lungs to drain the fluid. They are now saying that she may not make it the whole 6 months. We are going down tomorrow but she begged me this morning to NOT leave her on Tuesday when I have to. She is also terrified of suffocating to death one night. I want to be strong for her, and I have been because I have 3 kids that depend on me to be strong, but it is getting hard! I need prayers for strength, for guidance, and for peace. I will try to keep everyone updated on here so I dont tie up any threads, with all this cancer talk. Thank you for all the prayers that are continuing our way. My Mom will be 50 on August 23. She is still young and has been through so much. Please go in for yearly exames ladies, and always do home checks. Here is my beautiful Mom:
