Mom had a round of tests and scans last Thursday and, at the doctor’s appointment yesterday, they found out the results. Long story short, these last several weeks of chemo treatments every Wednesday and of being very ill from it the rest of the week haven’t done anything! The tumors are exactly the same size as the last scans showed. No bigger, but no smaller.
But Mom is smaller. She is down to about 100 pounds now and is so weak that she needs a wheel chair to get about if she needs to go more than a dozen or so steps. Her voice is weaker, too, when I talk to her on the phone.
She gets a three-week break from chemo treatments, then they are going to try something else since the current drug isn’t working.
The cards that you have been sending her have been greatly appreciated. She reads them over and over and she says she can feel the good will and prayers directed toward her.
Mom is only 66 years old. And I am scared for her. Please keep the prayers going her way and for Dad, too, because he is very worried and disappointed in the test results.
June 28th, 2012 at 8:32 am
You got it Benita. Lots of prayers heading out to both your Mom and you.
June 28th, 2012 at 8:38 am
Benita, God bless you and your Mom. I will say a prayer for her.
Vicki Allen
June 28th, 2012 at 9:44 am
My prayers are with your whole family. I sure hope your mom gets much stronger.
June 28th, 2012 at 1:26 pm
I’m sorry all of her suffering wasn’t rewarded better – I guess on the bright side, the tumors not getting bigger is good, but you do wish they had shrunk, or better yet, disappeared.
Sending the good thoughts to them, and you, too, Benita.
June 28th, 2012 at 4:51 pm
Blessings on her. Chemo is so awful. Glad she has some time off to build her strength back up.
Hugs and love and lots of prayers for you and your dad, too.
June 28th, 2012 at 5:53 pm
I will definitely keep your mom in my prayers. I hope she starts feeling stronger very soon and that the next thing they try works and doesn’t make her feel so bad. I’ll keep my fingers crossed. Hugs!
June 28th, 2012 at 7:28 pm
Oh Benita, this must be scary for you. It’s so hard to have a parent ill and to see them suffer. Our prayers are with you, for you mom and your whole family.
June 29th, 2012 at 1:28 pm
Benita, hang in there. These are tough times, for sure. My heart goes out to you and prayers for your mom.
July 1st, 2012 at 7:02 am
{{{hug}}}