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As I posted before, Mom is home. She is managing okay, getting around slowly but surely and able to get up and down pretty easily. I know she's happy being home instead of the hospital.

Dad is doing pretty well taking care of things. We got all Mom's medications organized and made some phone calls today about getting a wheelchair and physical therapy at home. Mom is pretty weak and needs the PT to help build her strength back up.

They decided to celebrate being home tonight by having Whataburger for dinner. Who am I to argue?

Now, I do need to mention something. And it is important.

Yes, Mom is home and she is doing okay with most day-to-day tasks. However, she is still extremely sick and her condition is serious. I just want to make sure all who are reading this understand that. Coming home from the hospital was a great step and we are happy for that, but there is a long, hard road ahead.

We will continue with the radiation treatments through Tuesday, Dec 15th. After that, we will see about starting chemotherapy. Her oncologist did mention that she would be likely to receive a combination of Carboplatin and Taxol. This combination therapy is supposed to work better than just one drug alone on non small-cell lung cancer. More about this after we meet with the oncologist on Dec 14th.

Even though Dad won't readily admit it, I'm sure he would appreciate anyone that wanted to bring a dish by the house. If that is something you would like to do, feel free to contact me via email. Or, if you have their phone number, give them a call and see what they say. Sometimes we're not all that good at asking for help, but appreciate it when it appears.

Again, thanks for all the kind thoughts and prayers. We'll take all we can get.