I've missed you guys...been busy with life's lemons...no April Fools' joke...been consumed helping my sister deal with her health issues...
She can no longer get out of bed and can only move around while seated in a transport chair...she requires medical transport for her frequent trips to and from the hospital...when awake, her mental state fluctuates between lethargic and uncommunicative to mostly alert and talkative...
We finally got the answer to why her physical and mental condition has deteriorated so rapidly over the past two years. She has a cancerous brain tumor, in a bad location in the right side of her thalamus. The oncologist thinks that it is the least aggressive form of cancer, but is awaiting a molecular analysis to verify....she will have a consult with a team of Kaiser's neuro surgical and radiation oncologists in two weeks to determine which course of treatment would be best given the results of the molecular test.
We are fortunate that Lori's caregivers at her residential care facility and at the hospital and satellite locations are good people, friendly, helpful, supportive and competent.
She/we have a difficult journey ahead...
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