Prayers for Lisa Lee

Lisa recently became pregnant which was a blessing, as Steve really wanted another baby. Lisa was nervous about being pregnant with her Lupus as it can complicate the pregnancy and there was a higher chance of her miscarrying the baby. She finally got to the point where she was about 21 weeks pregnant and feeling confident about not losing the baby. She recently found out she was having another sweet baby girl. Last week she went in for a routine ultrasound of the baby who is doing great and seems to be healthy and strong. During the ultrasound she asked the technician to ultrasound her right breast as it had become hard and she was concerned maybe she had an infection in a milk duct. Unfortunately, it was much worse than that. As she may have told some of you she was diagnosed with Invasive Lobular Carcinoma, which is a very aggressive form of breast cancer that starts out in the milk ducts. We all know breast cancer is Lisa's worst nightmare as her mom was taken from her way before her time due to another form of breast cancer.

The type Lisa has is extremely fast growing. It has invaded 6 lymph nodes and there are two very large masses in her breast, which are 3-4 times larger than normal stage 4 cancer. When she was 8 weeks pregnant she had a normal breast exam so this cancer has progressed at an unbelievable rate in just the last 14 weeks. It seems the cancer is feeding off the estrogen of the pregnancy and also the Lupus causes her immune system to not function properly, a sort of perfect storm. Lisa has some very heart wrenching choices to make as far as what avenues to take for treatment. Some may prolong her life but will compromise the baby, some may be better for the baby but at the risk of her own survival. And the horrible reality is the prognosis is not good no matter what the treatment options. This is something I would not wish upon my worst enemy much less one of my best life long friends.

In the meantime, the less amount of stress in her life the better chance she has for healing. Most of her good friends do not live near her and she does not have much support in the area. Steve is going to need to take a significant amount of time off work to care for Lisa and depending on what happens with the baby he may also have a very premature baby in the NICU to also care for. Not to mention taking care of the two beautiful kids they already have. Lisa made a good living selling her necklaces and now that income is going to be gone as she will be undergoing chemo treatment beginning this coming Monday. At this time the plan is to do Chemo and then deliver the baby at 35 weeks via C Section. Immediately following that surgery she will have a double mastectomy and radiation treatment. There is a chance this cancer has spread to her liver and there are certain tests to see where or if the cancer has spread but due to being pregnant they are not able to find out exactly where all of the cancer may be.









Happy Birthday Annika!! Mommy loves you!
Lord give me time to be here for my children, AmenJust so little and now so strong! God knew you and he knew that cancer would not hold us back ~ mom
1 Day old, Faith hope Love xo God bless you for all the years of you life Sweet Annika xo~ Mom
I live and exist to be here for these faces xo
Lord I pray for healing of this cancer, in your name! AMEN

The eyes of a mighty strong little girl!!



I've come so far, Praise God!  Can you beleive I was 8 months pregnant, I was so tiny... the cancer was trying to take over me.....
Hair's growing back, taking too long but that's ok I'm patient!
You make my heart smile, if I live a full life it will be my greatest accomlishment being the mother of my children. And if the lord takes me early, then just know how much you were all loved. xo
Eternity is forever, heaven is eternity xo