Update time.
Last weekend my nephew and I escorted them to Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester to begin a week of chemo.
The cancer markers were coming back way high and the folks at the Wilmot Cancer Center weren't impressed the local hospital opened him up to take a nut without beginning chemo first. His oncologist is really concerned the markers are about twice as high as they should be with a tumored ******** removed and nothing showed up on the PET scan.
He has to travel back to Rochester on Monday this week and Monday next week, then back for a another full week then Monday, Monday, full week, Monday, Monday, full week. Luckily the American Cancer Society's Hope Lodge is able to put them up for the weeks they need to stay.
In a bit of irony, the first room they were in was right next door to the room I stayed in while Sarah was in a coma.
Pretty hard on the family as they missed Miss Emilee something fierce that week and Miss Emilee cried for about the first day they weren't at home.
I am asking a favor. The family has started a gofundme. If you have a few bucks to help offset the cost of the travel and meals it would be greatly appreciated. And, of course, prayers are still welcomed, now more than ever as Jeremiah's facing a long road ahead of him to get to where he's going.
Please remember my niece in those prayers, too. As someone who's been there and done that the role of caretaker can be physically and emotionally draining and can effect her health, mentally, spiritually, and physically, in the long run.
Click here to support Jeremiah's cancer fund by Becca Francis Perrone