Wednesday, April 12, 2006

Bad News

I'm still hoping for some good news to report, but so far, we just keep getting more bad news...

I spoke to Mom last night and she got the results that the growth on her adrenale gland is also cancerous. She didn't hear any results from the lung tap, but since the cancer has spread to the adrenale gland, then that rules out surgery to remove her lung.

The next step is radiation treatment to hopefully reduce the size of the tumor in her left lung and allow it to function normally again. The concern there is fluid developing in the lung that can't get cleared because it's currently collapsed. After that, she'll start some type of chemotherapy regimen and should be able to do most of that from home.

Her spirits are high and she's going to hang onto every hope for a miracle so that's what we'll all have to hope for.

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