February 2009

My dad currently weighs 82 pounds. All you can see are his bones. He cannot sit up, cannot move his legs or his head. He can only drink water if you put it on your finger -then in his mouth. He cannot walk anymore. He has cysts on his pancreas, polyps in his colon, lesions on his liver and a liver biopsy came back positive for cancer-metastatic disease (as in it's been spreading) He's Stage 4. No chemo or radiation to treat the cancer as he is only 82 pounds. Morphine drip and glucose drip around the clock. If he doesn't have the glucose drip-within one hour of being without it- he will die. The doctors gave him 3 weeks at the most.

Today, I said good-bye to my dad.