My hearts beating on the floor.... Read on to understand.

yeah, it is. it spread from her liver to her other organs- it is very aggressive. so i didn't want to tell you until i knew for sure. i just talked to my mom's doctor a couple hours ago and my Mom is aware of how serious it is.

at this point they are talking about hospice care, but she would need someon available 24/7. i'm thinking this person is going to be me. bug couldn't do it. my dad needs to work at some point and my gram is a bit too old for all of that. so her dr. wants me to talk to her or her partner tomorrow and talk to the social worker. i still have to run this by my dad but i think my house may be a bit more well suited for it. lynn is all for it and if we decide to do it we'll figure out what to do with the kids. my living room is pretty good sized and can be closed off from the rest of the house and has 2 doors to get in & out of. i would just moe my livingroom to the dining room and put the dining room table away.

so i don't know exactly what's going on, i just wanted to ask her dr. if Mom knew what was happening... and the dr. said she does -she told Mom when she was pretty coherent and my Mom responded as most people do... but with the advanced cancer and her liver being affected her blood is not being filtered properly and it is causing her to be pretty groggy more so than what the drugs are making her. so at this point it's pretty much trying to keep her comfortable and treating it with chemotherapy as long as she is strong enough to receive it.

I didn't want to go telling everyone if I didn't know for sure...ya know... there are a lot of people that i am sure want to know too but i didn't want all kinds of people calling and visiting her and her thinking something was up, if she didn't know herself.

i don't think there is a real timeline at this point...i am going to talk to the dr. tomorrow and i guess find out the rest of what is going on.

Wow..
I'm sorry to hear about your mom. It seems that a lot of people's moms are in some trouble so far this year. Mine had her operation but granted it's not to the extent that your situation is. Although we are still very worried that she'd had atleast a slight stroke. Keep us informed of what you are all going to do for her. But I think that your plan would be best overall.
» etheracide on 2007-02-14 12:45:50

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