Back in Hospice Home

Doctors agree that Cassandra suffered a major stroke. We also had an MRI done yesterday. Cassandra's cancer has rapidly grown across her entire brain. With the stroke and the cancer Cassandra may never fully come back to us. Right now she is in semi-conscious state. She mostly moves her right arm and legs and then occasionally says sentences that don't make much sense. We aren't really sure if she is even able to see. Her eyes don't focus on anything and she doesn't really recognize anyone. She has been struggling to hear for the past few weeks as well and we don't know if she can hear us.

Its hard to say what will happen. Cassandra has always fought hard but at this point I feel like her spirit is willing but her body is failing. Its been 2 years of constant fighting and I think she is too tired this time. This hit so suddenly and was so debilitating that we are all finding it hard to imagine her fighting though. Whenever you come close to her bed she does reach out with her hand and will hold hands for a bit. She will squeeze your hand a couple of times almost like she knows what's happening.

Nobody knows what timeline we have. We will know after we see a trend of her health. Her vital signs are strong right now so the doctor thinks days not hours. However, Cassandra could suffer another major stroke or seizure at anytime.

I thought I would end this post on a good note. The new drug we went on gave us around 60 more days before we came back to hospice. One of the things Cassandra got to do was see Elliot go trick or treating for Halloween. This is Elliot dressed as Boba Fett from Star Wars.



 

Whenever we watched the movie he always like Boba Fett for some reason so we got him a little doll to sleep with. So when Halloween came around there was only one clear choice for a costume.

 

 

I'll keep you all updated.

Eric