10/04/2024
It is with the heaviest of hearts that I share this information. One half if our team (me—the Mama) is being tested.
Fear not Casey is still open for work & frankly could use the money.
Do not feel obligated to donate but this is the very best description of what happened to me.
From my sister
I know I was tagged on her original post for this, but I wanted to share it with my own thoughts. I just haven't been able to get all the things together in my head to be able to do that yet.
First, I will say that it's technically not brain cancer. Yesterday, I said outloud that I actually wished that it was. I was half joking, and half serious, because I feel like for me, this is one of those cases where the devil you know might be better. What my sister has is VERY RARE. It accounts for only 2% of all cancers. And the location, sinonasal, accounts for 2 - 5% of NECs. So even if I take the high end of that at 5%, of the 2% it's .001. Yes, you read that right - POINT ZERO ZERO ONE. It is rare and agressive. The tumor has eaten away at bones, is pressing on both frontal lobes (more on right), and is impacting her every day life in more ways than I could possibly list.
I know creating this wasn't easy for either Angie or Jeff, but when anyone asked me what they needed, I was honest. They need all the love and encouragement because this is real rough, and they need financial support. Angie lost her job days before diagnosis because the tumor was turning her into a different worker, not the amazing employee she was hired as just short of a year before. And because of not working to get ready for the move, she can't collect umemployment, being just shy of 12 months of work. Jeff is on FMLA to care for her, but his job is also commission based, so FMLA doesn't cover that part. And I know asking for this kind of help was something they never imagined, but the stress of finances is one less thing they need to worry about right now.
I sit here in awe of the amount of people who have donated or shared her page. People that are part of their life, but also mine. People that I've known since kindergarten, former and current work friends, and all the way to people that have become part of my framily in really just the last two years here in FL. And I know everyone has so much going on in their lives right now, so if you can't donate, I completely get it. If you feel inclined to share, please do. If not, please say a prayer or send good vibes their way. Angie, Jeff, Kyle, Hailee and Casey (and our whole family) have been through the ringer these past few months, and I know they feel all the love, no matter where it's coming from.
She starts round 2 of chemo tomorrow and I continue to pray it is doing its job. I know that something happened after round 1. We got a piece of her back. I was able to have a lucid and actual phone conversation with my sister - something I haven't had since June. I got off the phone and cried. And on my dad's birthday, she only lasted a short time, but it was the first time she left the house for anything other than a drs appt in almost 2 months. She has a home health nurse, is doing PT and OT, and is embracing her shaved head and her alter ego, Lola. I continue to tell her she's got this, and we've got her. And she's stuck with me til we're 83 and 80, so we've got a long way to go sissy.
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