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Lori, Allison, and I are in Illinois to install Ally in her new job at a day care. So any information I can post will be received by cell phone or carrier pigeon, whichever arrives first.
On Sunday Mee Maw was sedated. She was increasingly agitated in the bed, so the doctors decided that the best thing for her is to keep her unconscious. Someone from the family is still sitting with her around the clock if she regains consciousness and needs something.
Her room at the assisted-living facility has been canceled. Two of her sons took care of moving her stuff out and back into the house. James took care of canceling the phone, cable, and newspaper.
The doctor met with the family this afternoon, according to my father Ernest. He says that the cancer from her liver has spread throughout her body. Dad was not sure how he was able to determine this, unless it was by the blood tests. The doctor says that Mee Maw should stay in the hospital because it is just a matter of days (he specifically said "about a week") before she succumbs to the cancer. Dad did not mention to me anything about the cracked pelvis or the damaged leg. Also, how would a fall such as that suddenly cause a cancer outbreak? Did the stress on her body cause something to erupt? Or was it already happening and this just weakened her body enough to make it harder for her system to fight it any longer?
Anyway, this looks to be a very difficult few days ahead for the family. Please pray for all of us to have strength through this. Pray especially for the 3 local sons, James, Ernest, and Ralph, and their wives, who will be bearing the responsibility in these last few days. There are still decisions to be made. When the time comes for funeral arrangements, many more decisions will need to be made. The oldest son Alfred, who is not in the best of health himself, will also have to travel from North Carolina.
It's not going to be easy. It never is.
Please pray. Thank you.
On Sunday Mee Maw was sedated. She was increasingly agitated in the bed, so the doctors decided that the best thing for her is to keep her unconscious. Someone from the family is still sitting with her around the clock if she regains consciousness and needs something.
Her room at the assisted-living facility has been canceled. Two of her sons took care of moving her stuff out and back into the house. James took care of canceling the phone, cable, and newspaper.
The doctor met with the family this afternoon, according to my father Ernest. He says that the cancer from her liver has spread throughout her body. Dad was not sure how he was able to determine this, unless it was by the blood tests. The doctor says that Mee Maw should stay in the hospital because it is just a matter of days (he specifically said "about a week") before she succumbs to the cancer. Dad did not mention to me anything about the cracked pelvis or the damaged leg. Also, how would a fall such as that suddenly cause a cancer outbreak? Did the stress on her body cause something to erupt? Or was it already happening and this just weakened her body enough to make it harder for her system to fight it any longer?
Anyway, this looks to be a very difficult few days ahead for the family. Please pray for all of us to have strength through this. Pray especially for the 3 local sons, James, Ernest, and Ralph, and their wives, who will be bearing the responsibility in these last few days. There are still decisions to be made. When the time comes for funeral arrangements, many more decisions will need to be made. The oldest son Alfred, who is not in the best of health himself, will also have to travel from North Carolina.
It's not going to be easy. It never is.
Please pray. Thank you.
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