Pam's Status

Let me begin by thanking you for your prayers and well wishes I know you have wanted to know what Pam’s situation is, and we’re ready to share. now that we have worked through the medical information and treatment options.

This all began about six weeks ago when Pam started experiencing severe pain in her back. After seeing several doctors and undergoing several different scans, a determination was made that the source of her pain was likely a cancerous mass on her spine. After hearing this, we scheduled radiation treatment to begin the next day, Tuesday. The goal was to reduce or eliminate the mass and reduce the pain.

After the second radiation treatment on Wednesday, Pam was in debilitating pain, and we ended up calling 911 and she was ambulanced to the hospital. After a night in the ER and a lot of pain medications she was admitted into the hospital for continued medication and full-time treatment.

And now it gets complicated. The earlier scans revealed that Pam also had cancer in her right lung. This meant that the radiation would not take care of all the cancer in Pam’s body.

In discussion with the doctors, there were basically three options for us to choose from. The first choice was to aggressively attack the cancer with chemo, radiation, and who knows what else. No guarantees that this would be successful on any level, especially considering this cancer was likely a spread from her earlier breast cancer. Pam had already decided that after her last chemo, she would not go through that again.

The second option was to continue the radiation treatment and then just live her life … whatever would come next. Pam didn’t want to face those treatments and the intense pain to go through them. It turns out that the radiation oncologist said the treatments would not be worth the pain of going through them.

And so, we are at this point. Pam is going to live out her life as it comes. Treatment will all be centered around pain management, initially, and then whatever else happens. We have no idea how long this process might last. We’re not sure how much longer Pam will be in the hospital, but at least through this weekend. We’re looking at how much and how often Pam can have visitors.

The family is unified in this course of action. Pam is in good spirits. The Lord is good. We continue to pray for God to heal Pam’s body. We believe He can! Please pray with us that his will be done.