Stage 4 lung Adenocarcinoma with KRAS G 12C mutation
This is kindof an involved and long story. I appreciate all who take the time to read and comment. My mother is 53 years young and was diagnosed with metastatic adenocarcinoma with Mets to Spine (extensive with multiple compression fractures), Ribs (multiple pathological fractures), scapula, skull (broken through dura lining), brain (several spots causing bleeding and edema), adrenal glands, lymph nodes (extensive), and hips/femur, and two tumors over golf ball sized in her right lung.
Initially she went to the hospital 3-5 times for pneumonia. Lung node was not caught until the last visit and by then the cancer had metastasized everywhere. April 28th I moved her down to my state to seek treatment where I can care for her. The disease progressed quickly and with chemo and radiation they estimated a year. We are less than 8 weeks away and she is actively declining/dying.
She had one round of chemo and went downhill very quickly. Was in the hospital more than out and finally started in patient radiation. After 5 treatments to the brain lesions she entered an altered state of mind and has been downhill since.
She is now home on hospice and we are struggling to control pain with Ativan every hour, morphine every 6 hours with breakthrough dose every two hours, flexeril every 8 hours. She is loosing her swallow reflex and even with crushing the meds I struggle to get her to swallow without choking. One episode this afternoon had me convinced she would be taking her last breaths today.
If anyone has been through these hard times, what can I expect for the next few hours/days? I feel terrible that she is so uncomfortable and wish I could take her pain away. Thanks for reading.