Pictures of Eli

Here are the pictures of Angela and Heath's baby - ELI!!!!

Thanks to Aunt Melissa for the pictures!!!

I just wanted to let everyone know that Mom has had a great last couple of days.

Here is a picture of Mom from Tuesday.

Mom came home from the hospital on Friday night (10/12). On Tuesday, she went to her radiologist appointment and all went well. We will go back in 3 months to see Dr. Wood. He ran his finger down her back and she had no pain. He will not do additional radiation at this time. Yesterday, Christi and Aunt Nancy took Mom to meet with the oncologist. He did not tell us anything new from our visit last week with him. The medicine will take a couple of months before he can tell if it is helping. We will go back in a month to see him again. Mom will go to get her infusion this morning.

She seems to be doing okay - the riding is difficult and bumpy; but I think she is happy to get out of the rehab for a brief period of time.

Special thanks to Christi and Karen for taking turns spending the night at the hospital. Also to Aunt Linda, Uncle Paul, Aunt Pat, and Mrs. Linda for sitting with Mom during the days.

It's A Boy!!

Angela and Health had a healthy baby boy. All are doing well.

Eli Tate Williams
Born: October 10, 2007
Time: 2:07 pm
Weight: 7 pounds 4 ounces
Length: 18.5 inches

Mom had an amazing great day yesterday. She had lots of visitors and great phone conversations. She was happy and laughing. She only took a couple of naps. The brain doctor came in the evening and said that she did have two strokes that is effecting mainly the left side of her body, but with a little PT she will regain some of the lost strength. He did not see any tumor in her brain, but there was in her skull. We already knew this. Thank you God for answering my prayers. She will remain in the hospital for a couple more days until the oncologist comes to visit her.

Hospital Stay

Hi All. Mom is currently back in the hospital. Backing up a little... on Tuesday of last week, we found out that Mom would not walk again. On Wednesday afternoon, Christi and my aunt noticed that Mom was being very abrupt and slurring. Thursday and Friday, I received more calls from concerned individuals. Saturday, she had plenty of visitors and a trip to my house for the afternoon and first half of the LSU football game. Chris, Mrs. Delores (Pete's mom) and I all noticed a definite decline in Mom's control. After returning to the rehab center, I put a call into the doctor. Sunday and Monday morning, we were talking back and forth; finally she was taken by ambulance to the hospital. The doctors believe that she had several mild strokes. We are still waiting for all of the test results to determine what the cause is... (1) natural causes (2) blood clot in the cardiac arteris or (3) mets (cancer spreading).


Please do not get offend if we have not called to let you know. At this time, we do now know what to tell people until the doctors come in and speak to us. We are doing the best we can given the situation that we are in. We ask that everyone pray for my Mom, my family and the medical staff.

Pictures

Mom

Go Lauren! Go Rebels!

Ortho appointment results :(

I have typed, erased, and re-typed now six times. I seem to be having trouble finding the right words today so I am going to just type what I think.

Mom will NOT be getting the rods put into her femurs. The risks are too many compared to the positive. Because the bones are so brittle... she is prone to fractures. Because the bones are so brittle... she has a 50-60% chance that the screws at the head of the femur that hold the rod will probably come out. Because of the lesion (under her breast)... this increases the chance of infections if they were to place the rod(s) in the femur(s). If they were to place the rods and the screws would come out, then she would have to go into another major surgery and have the whole area (pelvis/hip/leg) rebuilt. All of these surgeries would not guarantee that she could or would be able to walk. With each surgery the pain could increase; which these are not the root of any pain she is currently having.

The good news is that at this time, she is in good spirits, has no pain other than the initial complaint (L2 area shooting down her buttock/side to her knee), her appetite seems to be coming back, the tumors treated with radiation seem to be shrinking, and she has everyone supporting and praying for her.

Update on scans

On Friday, Mom and I went and had the CT scan done of her chest and abs. They were testing to see if the cancer had spread to her lungs and liver. These test came back good. There were no signs of cancer in her lung or liver, but we did get a scare. They saw a defect on the top of her lung. We had to go back to the ER for more testing Friday afternoon to see if it was a bloodclot. All was okay.

More good news from the scans, the soft tissue mass that was located in her pelvic region did not show up on the scan. After hearing this news, Mom was reminded that the pain in her back is not as bad. Thank God the radiation did its job.

Although, Friday was rough... her weekend seemed to be good. Lots of visitors and rest. Her appetite seems to be getting better.

Thanks again for all of the continuing prayers and kindness. We need them tomorrow is the othopedic appointment. We should find out if Mom is strong enough to get the rods in her femur.

With Love,
Kim and family