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My mom, Audrey, was diagnosed with lung, liver, and brain cancer in November of 2024.  She had been psychologically impaired, and began behaving in erratic ways during the spring of 24, and our family went through a lot of pain due to this, little did any of us know, she was very ill.  Other than her behavior there were no signs of her cancer.  One day in November she her left arm began to go numb and she was unable to use it.  After a visit to the ER it was discovered she had small cell lung cancer which had metas to her brain and liver.  She quickly lost the use of her left arm and leg.  The multiple lesions on her brain and required immediate surgery.  This began the fight for her life…   She had a craniotomy to reduce the tumors size in her brain but it was impossible to remove all of the brain cancer due to the location of the tumors. She received radiation and chemo after the surgeries and began to improve.  She ent to rehab and came home to live with me.  She was not approved for a nursing home as Medicare doesn’t provide that service.  I paid out of pocket for a caregiver in hopes that she would get approved for a waiver from Medicaid that covered her services.  Unfortunately, it took six months which caused me to have to manage her finances.  After so many crisis and such high expenses, I began working from home  so that I could take care of her and lower expenses.  Since then she has been through so much battling cancer and losing her abilities.  She has been in long term rehab multiple times.  She would get better, then fall ill, and lose her abilities again.  She has gotten better and she has gotten worse.  

She has more lung cancer. She has suddenly declined after she improved. Most recently she has had a gallbladder infection and had to have a procedure done to remove the infection.  I fear the inevitable is closer than I expected. She is getting tired of leaping backwards after success. She is losing her spirit. She constantly says she is sorry for being a burden and having to be cared for.  She is ever the care giver. She has taken care of half my cousins, her neighbor’s, helped me with my kids and put her own well being in jeopardy to help others. She taught me to do that. It’s a blessing and a curse. Taking care of her has taken a toll on me mentally, emotionally and financially. But for her, I would do it again.

I’m glad to be able to “walk her home”, so to speak. She absolutely would do it for me, and anyone really. That is her greatest strength and her greatest weakness. She calls me her hero, then she says im like her. I tell her I’m just a reflection of what she has done for others because the love we give away somehow makes it back to us. Ours is a story of healing. I never thought that healing was possible, but im grateful to be her child. Things make sense now.
 

Please pray for my mom. She is so sad, hurting physically and will likely have some very difficult decisions to make in the next few weeks.

That being said, my family has lots of needs.  I have not been able to work a lot due to her appointments and continued crisis.  So much more has happened that I can’t even begin to list.  Unfortunately, because I worked less, I could not sustain her financially and the wheels have come off financially.    Any help would be tremendous.  

Thanks so much!