A New Way of Life

A few weeks ago mom started noticing some major bloating in her stomach. After talking to the doctor and having to go to the hospital to get an ultrasound, it was determined that she has stomach ascites. This is caused by the liver not functioning properly. She had to get 2 liters of fluid drained out of her stomach. Her recent cat scan also showed cancer cells in the abdomen area. This meant that the cancer is progressing and has gotten immune to the chemotherapy she was on.

Mom met with the doctor on Monday. He was disappointed with what was going on just like we were, but he gave us some hope. He put her on some different drugs called adriamycin and cytoxin. She has had the adriamycin before and it worked really well, but it made her extremely sick and in pain for 2 weeks. We are hoping that this time won't be quite as bad, but I am sure she will still be quite sick. The doctor told mom that without treatment she would have 3 months to live. We are hoping and praying that this treatment can do the trick and turn things around. Mom is still positive and hopeful and has a lot of faith that things will work out how they are supposed to. Pray that this chemo will work and possibly even put her in remission, we aren't giving up. We love you mom!