the final stretch...?

so, we got the results of Gopi's scan a few days ago. The word is that the pill (Tarceva) that she was on for the last couple of months has not worked. Contrary, to what was understood based on the xrays, the more comprehensice CT scan revealed that the cancer has continued to grow in her left lung, has moved into her right lung, lymps and adrenals.So, the doctors have stopped her treatment. They think that she has about a month.

a day at a time

Gopilila's health has been fairly steady. She has her days of intense pain, where she is so extremely uncomfortable inspite of the pain killers. Somedays are quite nice, where for most of the day the pain seems "comfortable". However, in the last couple of weeks, she has noticed that there is a lump (in the lymph node) under her left chin; she has also a small lump on her breast. She was really week and her blood count was low. So, she went into the hospital for a couple of pints of blood last saturday. A couple of days ago she had a CT scan done to figure out the "new" lumps. We see her doctor on 4/24 so we'll have more news then (including the results of the CT)
This nice devotee from the Boston temple, Radha Grace, came by the last two weeks with her massage table and gave Gopilila a massage. The Boston Temple president, Daru Krishna, and his family have been coming over once a week with prasad along with another devotee family. The devotees in the Boston sangha have been reaching out to us and offering assistance, even though we barely know them.
We connected again with Angie/Analakshita and Mohan and got to spend some time with them over the last couple of weeks, too. Gopala was especially happy to see Mohan his buddy from his New Vrindavan days.