Hello. I’m Alicia, and I have set up this gofundme for my precious mother-in-law, Jamie.

 

If you know Jamie then we don’t have to tell how great of a wife, mother, friend or Nana she is! You could always count on Jamie to help in any way she could. She is passionate about life, friends, and family. Especially her Grandchildren!

 

In February Jamie began to get a lot of pain in her left side. So much pain in fact that she sought treatment. A colonoscopy was scheduled to look for the source of the pain but it was not discovered. Her pain was attributed to an earlier resection she had 11 years previous. This pain persisted and also began to appear in different areas of her abdomen. She again sought treatment with different doctors and specialists to no avail.

 

She began having trouble keeping food down at the end of July. In fact the last full meal she had was July 29th 2021. Ever since that day she couldn’t keep anything down that she ate. Over the course of the next two and a half months her health declined. She continued to look for doctors that could pinpoint the cause of her problems with no success.

 

On October 8th her health was in such a state of decline that the decision was made to take her to the ER to get answers. They treated her for what they thought was a small bowel obstruction. After being in the hospital for 6 days they determined that she no longer met the criteria to stay and sent her home. After unsuccessful attempts to hold anything down she was once again brought to the hospital on October 18th.

 

After more testing they became concerned about certain cancer markers that were elevated. They were also concerned about the amount of fluid in her abdomen. She was admitted to UMC on the 19th. Two days later it was decided by the surgeons that they needed to perform exploratory surgery to find out what was going on in her abdomen.

 

What they discovered was heartbreaking. They found Cancer throughout the entirety of her abdomen. Every organ was affected and showed different stages of growth. After pathology reports, the best they can tell is that she has stage 4 metastatic pancreatic cancer. The cancer has attacked her intestines which explains why she could not eat.

 

Jamie has started chemotherapy treatments and is getting nutrition through a central line in her arm. This therapy is commonly referred to as TPN (Total Parenteral Nutrition). This is the only source of nutrition that she has that is needed to try and fight this cancer. Jamie is a fighter and is trying to fight this! As you can imagine, medical treatments and hospital stays are expensive, even with insurance. If you would like to help Jamie in her courageous fight against cancer, our family would be forever grateful.