In the year 2007 she began to feel better, her hair and CEA levels were back to normal and everyone was so optimistic. In the fall of 2007 her lungs began to fill up with fluid on a regular basis. She had her lungs drained several times a month and in December 2007 had surgery to remove the fluid build up around her heart. She really began to go downhill in terms of her energy, blood pressure and the CEA levels were rising again. 2008 began with her spending many weeks in and out of the hospital to have the fluid drained from each lung and this began to take its toll on her yet she had not given up. She weighed a hearty 96 lbs and really needs to gain some weight. In April of 2008 she was hospitalized twice to have her lungs drained and had a chest tube put in to help decrease the fluid build up. The question of the centruy is WHY there is this fluid build up. Four doctors could not tell her why. She was battling the fluid build up which caused her to stop breathing at times. She spent most of 2008 in/out of the hospital and quite miserable to be honest. Our last family gathering was on Labor Day and Mom weighed around 70 pounds at that time. We were losing her, and there was nothing we could do. My mom lost her battle on October 24, 2008. If this website and the photos of her decline can stop one person from smoking or perhaps convince one teenager smoking is not worth the risks, then I have done my job.
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