Help me bring my mom home and keep her safe

She had taken this photo during chemo Friday July 9th 2021

Hi, my name is Inosencia and my mom's name is Mary. She's 50 years old. She was diagnosed on May 26th, 2021 with small cell lung cancer in her left lung. Thankfully the doctors said we caught it in time for treatment. The treatment for her diagnosis was that she was to do 3 sessions of chemo and then go forward with radiation. She made it through the first week of chemo like a champ. Things were going well. The second session of chemo really took a toll on her immune system, and she became really weak. Sunday, July 11th, 2021 a few days after her second chemo, we tried to wake her up from her nap and she wasn’t responding. The fear in my heart of losing my mother was terrifying. We immediately called 911 and she was rushed to our nearest hospital. Once there, they put her into a medically induced coma. All her vitals were really low and she no longer could breathe on her own and was put on a ventilator. Her kidneys were losing their function, so she needs dialysis once a day. Everything was failing her and we were so close to losing her. As more tests were taken to find out why this all happened so suddenly, the doctors found the answer. They told us because of her last session with chemo being so hard on her, that her white blood cells started vanishing. She has an infection in her right lung. The infection is ammonia and where her left lung is fighting cancer it’s taking a toll on her and with the chemo taking away her white blood cells it’s giving her little to no chance to fight against this infection. After a week of endless nights of not sleeping and constantly calling the hospital every few hours, visiting her, and telling her to hold on and to keep fighting. Finally, she began breathing on her own but only 40%. Her kidneys are getting better as well. This past week has been a nightmare. My mother is my world. The thought of losing her is crippling. As of now, they are slowly taking her off her support machines and she might wake up in a few days.There is great hope that she might be able to come home to my father and I in two weeks. When that happens, she will not be able to get up on her own so she will need 24/7 care. Now that you know my mom's situation let me tell you a little bit about my mom’s past few years. She has had a rough few years. She has been sick and was falsely diagnosed with vertigo and other things. Which we now know was cancer. About 2 years ago my nana ( my mom's mother) was also diagnosed with small cell lung cancer and we took on the responsibility of taking care of her and all of her needs at home. It was a tough road and it was hard to see someone you love so much just parish right in front of your eyes and you can not do anything but just make them comfortable for the time they have left. My nana fought for a year with her cancer before the cancer won and took my nana from us. It destroyed my mom to bits because my nana was her best friend and they were inseparable. We always lived together under the same roof for as long as I can remember. August 14 2020 is when my nana passed away and now my mom is fighting the same battle. It’s just my father, my mom, and myself in our little apartment. My father and I work 6 days a week, to make sure that there is food in the house and my mother has everything she needs. However, the doctors made it clear to my father and I that when she comes home we have to protect her and keep her safe from bacteria and viruses. Something as little as the common cold could put my mom in the same place she is now. Her body is extremely weak. Her organs are so fragile, any infection can put her back in the hospital. With me having to be out of work to care for my mother, is going to make our financial situation extremely hard. My father will be the only one working to pay all the house bills, rent, food, my mom's medical supplies, and car insurance. I am asking for donations, to help my father and I prepare our house for when my mother gets home with all the necessities and tools she will need to be safe and keep her from ending up back in the ICU. My mother has been a mother to everyone who has ever walked into our home. She is a kind caring woman. She’s always helped anyone in need, even if it meant she went without. I need to be able to stay home with her and care for her. I want to make sure our home is sanitized and that we have all the right supplies and support we need to make it through this. My father is so afraid that he will not be able to provide everything my mom and I will need being the only one working. Any and all donations will be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Inosencia

These were the last pictures my mom and I had taken with my nana before she passed.