Kellylynn's blog

On August 20 my dad stopped taking in food. On August 21 the home care nurse said we should come home to say our goodbyes as he is the stages of dying. We did get home and I said what goodbye I could and he is still with us as of August 24. His breathing is very erratic at times and he seems to be sleeping 95% of the time. He can still squeeze our hands. He sure doesn't look like himself anymore, so thin and pale. It…

New to the whole blogging thing. Here is the story, 2 years ago my Dad was found to have CLL (Chronic Leukemia) - lived a very normal life but he did decide to retire from his job of 36 years. In January of this year, his Oncologist started him on a 4 month round of oral Chemo for this Leukemia. Both my brother and I live 8 hours away so we were relying on my mom telling us what is happening. He lost a lot of weight…

My Dad has lung cancer that has spread to his bones and brain. He has lost a ton of weight since his diagnosis last month (July). He is taking more morphine as well. Has anyone had experience with the cancer moving so fast?? As a family we are scared, because weekly we see a decline in my father.