A pet scan revealed that cancer had spread to other locations. Chest, spine, liver. They started her on a another round of chemo. Her symptoms continued. Night sweats, fevers, no sleep, exhaustion, fatigue and weak. We continued the 4 rounds of chemo and waited for another 6 weeks for the pet scan.During that 6 week time mom seemed to really get bad. Her pain increased dramatically and she was terribly weak. She was no longer sleeping in her bed but on her recliner. The cough she had for months got worse and with each cough she was spitting up. She was put on tons of medication for the pain, etc all of which took its toll on her. She was no longer able to be left alone....hence me. My step father and everyone else needed to work. I did too but mom came first. She was the woman I loved and admired more then anyone. The doctors wanted to put her in the hospital but she declined. My step father was having complete knee surgery and she wanted to "be home to take care of him". It still cracks me up to this day. She couldnt take care of herself at this point but she did not want to be in a hospital bed when he came home. Arrangements had to be made. Mom could not be home alone all night so we called upon friends and family to take shifts sleeping on the couch at night. I did my fair share but I did have kids that I needed to get up and ready for school because my husband too worked. We are very lucky to have a wonderful family and friends. No one even hesitated when asked to do this.
