October 5th: A doctor looked at a CAT scan of my mom’s brain and seriously asked “Are we sure this person is even alive?”
January 28th: Watched my mom check her email, do laundry, make dinner, and carry on with life as normal.
No one can explain what has happened. All of the doctors are shocked. Expectations were very low and no one ever thought she’d be “normal”.
Two surgeries failed to remove the tumor. Treatment would not help the cancer, which is both aggressive and terminal. But my mom is more like herself than she has been in a long time (small changes had been happening for the last year, we just didn’t know what any of it meant). I don’t even know what to think anymore. For now I am thankful.
Cherish those around you.
