my mother had stage 4 colon cancer that had spread to the lymph nodes in her liver, she was getting chemo and seemed to be doing fine. She told me the doctor said she was in 98% remmision. She went to the hospital 10 days ago for bad pain and trouble urinatitng. I talked her friday after she had her lung drained. They had to drain inection from her colon and then said she had phenmonia. I left her in ICU at around 7:00pm that friday and she was talking, when I got to the hospital that saturday morning around 9:00 am I couldnt even wake her up. They said they gave her some atavain because she was restless and they have her on morhine. They said that when they drained her lung they found cancer cells. Could the cancer have spread that quick and why was I just talking to her and now she is gone. She was like a vegetable when I got there and could not talk after that and could not see. we couldnt even close her eyes when she died. Something just does not seem right to me
HiT hanks for posting. I understand your concern. Unfortunately metastatic cancer has got unpredictable behavior and can worsen quickly. However, in her case it appears that an infection was the culprit. Because of low immunity from chemo, the infection spread rapidly and caused the demise. Of course cancer was also spreading as seen in the fluid in the lungs, but it was probably not the only cause. Hope this helps. Please get back if you need any more clarificationsRegards