Susie’s Story

Site created on October 10, 2021

Welcome to our CaringBridge website. We are using it to keep family and friends updated in one place. We appreciate your support and prayers! I am having a vascular reconstruction surgery to treat tongue cancer. I have had three previous precancerous tongue procedures. This will be a 10 hour surgery on Tuesday, October 12th. They will do multiple grafts to repair the area they will remove. I’m expecting a 10 day hospital stay. I will have a trache and feeding tube. We’re expecting the feeding tube for 6 weeks. My family will keep you updated and we’d covet your prayers! My God is faithful and good!

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Journal entry by Hayley Hamilton

Hi friends and family! We haven’t updated on here in a long time. Big news is that mom finished her last radiation treatment today!!!!! It was a much worse treatment than I had expected. It filled her mouth with ulcers and made it painful to swallow. It gave her a cough and made her neck very red and raw. But she persevered and did it!! Please pray she will start some deep healing now. We’re praying her tongue will shrink and that her throat and cough will heal. She’ll be going back to speech therapy now. Pray she’ll be able to start eating some new things. She has only been able to drink thin liquids. She has lost 40 pounds but she’s ready to eat again. Thanks for being on this journey with us and praise God for carrying mom through a tough battle. Love to you all❤️
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