CT SCAN ON TUESDAY

Please pray for us! This is probably mommy's 7th or 8th CT scan. All this radiation is extremely dangerous for her body, so please pray that it will just pass through her body and not cause any more harm. Mommy is coughing so, so much right now, she was coughing up mouthfuls of blood the other day, and her left lung has been hurting. Honestly, we already expect that the CT scan results will show more cancer growth and spread. Please pray for hope and miracles. We're desperate for a miracle right now. Please, please, please.

Also, please pray that God will give mommy more time, at least until my graduation and our trip to Hong Kong. Please, please give her strength to attend my graduation and travel back to her real home.

Oh, and please ask God to give mommy a full night of sleep. She hasn't had a full night of uninterrupted rest in a long, long time.

Miracles, please.

Thank you, mommy!

Thank you for loving me every second of my 22 years of life! When I turned 21 last year, I remember asking Jeffrey Poon, "What if this is the last time I get to celebrate my birthday with her?" I am thankful for another year with my sweet mommy. My tummy is full and my heart is warm.

Here is a picture of my cutie holding the presents I got her for my birthday. Those are elephant watering cans. She told me to make the elephants "sek sek."



Also pictured is my fishy scarf from Becky. (:

I almost forgot! We have another chemo session tomorrow at 8:30am. Please pray for a miracle!

Mommy and I saw a Thoracic oncologist, Dr. Jahan, at UCSF today. We were hoping that we could switch over to UCSF, as it is one of the highest ranking Cancer centers in America and since Dr. Jahan is extremely experienced in the field. Instead of making the switch immediately, Dr. Jahan recommended that we continue with our current plan of three cycles of Camptosar followed by a CT scan. At the end of April we will see him for a follow up and he will decide our next steps. I guess I thought that seeing him would change everything, that he would have some secret, surefire plan of attack that will extend my mom's life for years, but even he himself said that there is nothing more to do than to try different treatments and hope for response. So far, Camptosar seems to be completely ineffective. Mommy is coughing more and more each day, and her supraclavicular lymph node is swollen with cancer cells. I feel so completely helpless and useless because I can do nothing to make her feel better or heal her. In my mind, I had a plan. My mom was supposed to respond well and continue to improve with the first drug for one or two years, then we would start the second drug and she would continue to improve, and by the time the third drug stopped working, there would be new therapies, and she would continue thriving for decades. She would be at my wedding, watch her grandchildren grow up, and decades later, she would die from old age. We would tell everyone about God's healing powers and how she lived for decades even though her prognosis was 6 months to 1 year. Everytime we get a CT scan back, her life is shortened and shortened, and I lose more and more hope. My mom is so good, so loving, and I want her here with me forever. I've done everything I could to fight for her. I've prayed desperately every moment of every day and I've asked for prayer from everyone hoping that God will hear my plea. Right now, my mom is coughing non-stop, and the cancer is taking away her breath and her time here on earth. Where is God? Where are his miracles?

new treatment

hi everyone, this is jen updating for glenda.
she has asked that you all keep praying urgently for God's healing, and to keep hope for her family.

her mom's last CT scan didn't have very favorable results. there is also a lump on her collarbone, and we're not sure what the cause is. we're praying that the cancer hasn't spread up there.

glenda's mom is starting a new chemo drug called camptosar on tuesday. please pray that this new treatment will be extremely effective! also pray that the doctors will have new insight/wisdom, and will be able to give her the best care that she can get.

please keep remembering glenda, her mom, and the rest of her family in your prayers. pray that God will answer and keep holding onto them, that they won't lose hope!

Need prayer

Tomorrow we go in at 1015am for another appointment. We will be getting the results from the last scan.
Please pray that the cancer would not have grown or spread, but that mommy would be better. Please pray for strength,hope and more faith for me and my whole family. Pray also that my family will stand together and go through this as a team, not as individuals.
Pray for a miracle too. Just pray please.

Another CT scan

Mommy has a CT scan scheduled for tuesday morning. This is the most daunting scan so far because mommy has only gotten worse since the last scan. Please pray with all your heart that the cancer has not grown or spread, and please pray that God will be present in our lives especially in these difficult times. We are all exhausted and fearful of the future, so we ask that you please keep us in your thoughts and prayers.

Chile and Ensalada

Herrow! It's time for another update!

We had our second round of Taxotere yesterday, and mommy doesn't seem to be experiencing any extreme symptoms so far. Please pray that she will be completely side effect free! Unfortunately, the new chemo doesn't seem to be working, as mommy continues to cough almost continuously throughout the day. So please pray that the chemo will improve mommy's condition drastically.

She's lost almost all her hair, so we are in search of soft hats and scarves to cover her head. If you happen to know where we can find such hats, please pass on the info. We are driving to the Stanford Cancer center tomorrow afternoon to pick a wig for her, so please pray that we will have a good time and that we will find the perfect hairpiece for her! We also attended a lung cancer support group at the same center last Wednesday, and we met many non-smoking lung cancer patients. Please pray that she will find a way to communicate with the other patients even though she doesn't speak fluent english and that it will be an uplifting and supportive place for her.

We have already switched doctors once, but we are considering switching to UCSF's lung specialist Dr Jahan. We will need to send in her medical records and wait for him to review her case before we can began the switching process. Please pray that God will lead us to the right decision and that we can be at peace with the outcome.

Lastly, please pray for me. I am very sick, so on top of not being able to take care of mommy, I am exposing her to extra germs in her most critical period.

Thank you! And if you are wondering about the title, ask Katie Low about it!