Asking for Prayers

I am asking for prayers for my cousin and her family. She spent last year and part of this year fighting melanoma. She had surgery to remove a mole, surrounding tissue, and some lymph nodes that were affected. Then she went through 11 months of drug therapy that left her 30 pounds lighter, extremely low on energy and thinned her hair.

She had a full body scan in April which showed a spot on her lung. Since that time she has had a few more tests. The results of her most recent lung scan were not good. The spot on her lung has enlarged. She went for a needle biopsy of the spot on Tuesday and the results were positive.
The melanoma has spread to her lungs. Melanoma is a very aggressive form of cancer. In just 18 weeks the spot on her lungs grew from the size of a pencil point to the size of a dime. Surgery, chemo and radiation will not help. There is an experimental drug study which may open up in the next few weeks and they are going to apply for it. It could be weeks or it could be years. It really just depends on the individual.

She is 47 and by far is one of the sweetest people I know.


Please keep her and her family in your thoughts and prayers.