My mother, who's 92, is dying of lung cancer. It started in one of my mother’s lungs and spread to the other; it’s also spread to her vocal cords and the 4th rib on her right, if not also to other bones. The tumor is following all different kinds of shapes, and it’s in various parts of my mother's body. It’s 16 millimeters in her left lung, and there have been changes in her upper right lung. It’s choking off the right upper part of her lung; which lung, I don’t know. It’s affecting her speaking and swallowing. At one point, while I was on the phone with her doctor yesterday afternoon, he said it was 10 millimeters, but he didn’t say which lung that was in. It may be that it was 10 millimeters earlier, and has since increased in size.

According to her doctor, the tumor appears to be very fast and aggressive, and she possibly has weeks left to live; time will tell about that. She doesn't want to have any surgery, chemotherapy, or radiation; she doesn't even want to have a biopsy. After what I've learned from her doctor, I can understand why. All she wants is to be as comfortable as possible in the time she has left (she's made out a living will). My older sister, who's in the advanced stages of COPD, is looking after her, and my cousin is helping out.

I don't know if my mother is saved or not. Please pray that if she isn't yet, she will be before she dies.

Praying for your mother, for you and the rest of your family.
Praying for her salvation.

Thank you so much, Heidi. My family and I could use your prayers.

My mother is tired all the time, and she has no appetite. Her doctor prescribed her some pain medicine earlier this week.

hi Kathy. i am so sorry that your mother is going through this, and your sister in her stage of copd. i just saw this today.
praying now for you and for your mother and sister...

Thank you so much, Rachel. That means a lot.

how are you doing Kathy?

We're hanging in there; thanks for asking. Mama's still with us, which is good.

Well, Mama's in her last days. She's confined to bed now; she can't get up and do anything anymore. She's in the hospice program as of now. The hospice nurse said that her vital signs were good when she saw her on Friday. We don't know how long she has as of yet.

At present, I'm at the house with my mother and sister; both of us are on 24-hour call. Since that's the case, I'm not really available to keep the threads current, so if any of you wish to update any of the threads, feel free to do so.

Father in heaven, thank You for all the moments and days and years that Kathy and her mother and family have had together. You truly are the source of every good and perfect gift. I ask that You would gift Kathy again, with Holy Spirit filling the room where her mother is. Please comfort Kathy and family. Please in whatever condition her mother is in, I ask that You would grant her to recognize Jesus, to know to trust Him now with forever. I ask this request for Your glory in the name of Jesus our savior. Thank You Father God.

Thanks, Regina. My petition is that God will make sure that Mama is in fit shape to enter Heaven when the time comes.

Mama's in the dying process as of now. Her body is in the process of shutting down; among other things, her vital signs are failing, and she is no longer able to respond to us. How much longer she now has, we don't know yet. We do know this, though: when there begins to be 30-second stretches in between the breaths she takes, we will know it's getting close. We're supposed to call hospice when that happens, and a nurse will come to our house.

She's gone. Mama is dead. She died at 12:09.

i know God heard our prayers for her. my condolences Kathy. hopefully it will be only a short while until you are reunited with her at the rapture. its good you have had precious time with her.

Thanks, Regina. Hopefully, it won't be much longer until Gabriel blows that trumpet, and Jesus calls us all Home.