But three days before the trip, Susan began to complain of difficulty breathing. Finally your spouse rushed him into urgent care. Doctors diagnosed Susan with stage IV small cell carcinoma - a rare form of cancer--in their lungs, liver, lymph nodes and chest cavity. Within a week, Jerry had seizure, fell, and broke his back. At the hospital, tests revealed that he had the same kind of cancer in his brain and a lung. The news came the day before that his spouse was scheduled to be released for home hospice care. Jerry and Susan fired in the hospital, notknowing if they would see again. But their fears were alleviated as aweek later, they met at his home in Acworth, Georgia. And an emotional video captures the moment, Jerry and Susan crying in her arms after spending more time apart in its 51 years of marriage. On 18 February, Susan was taken to the doctor after complaining of breathing problems. She was told the lungs were clear, prescribed an antibiotic and was sent home. The next day, however, unable to breathe, Jerry running him to urgent care - where doctors discovered that her lungswere filled with fluid. Tests later revealed that Susan had stage IV small cell carcinoma. It was at 75 percent of his left lung, lymph nodes, thoracic cavity and liver - and the diagnosis was terminal.
She received a series of radiation treatments in the course of a weekto break the mass in his lung, and was visited in hospital by Jerry every day. On the day of the second to the last of Susan in hospital, during a visit, Jerry had a seizure and collapsed, breaking his back. Withinhours, he was diagnosed with the same cancer — in his lung and brain - and suddenly it was fighting the same spouse battle. When the news came, Susan was preparing to go to Hospice care at home. The children of the couple Jerry wheeled in his room so he could say goodbye, a moment that was captured in a photograph.
' So ' moment in itself was something so dramatic - we were celebrating his departure that day at that moment, no, that my father can do to a release from the hospital, Jason told FOX 5. As it happened, thatit would do so. On March 4, the couple met in his house, and the emotional reunion, seen in the video, was published in Facebook.Susanhe was not able to walk alone all week, but it is at the beginning of the video takes small steps toward her husband, who is sitting on a couch.
Once she sits, embrace and burst into tears as family and hospital staff looks. The video since it's gone viral, is shared more 25,000 times.'every day has been like a fight. Round one, we beat it. Around two, we are not going down yet. Helps me to spend the day,' said Jason. 'My GPS has been all my life ', said Jerry of his spouse.' so when I make a mistake, your GPS and she says to me, "Make a 180 degree turn and go the other way, you are going backward".' Susan and Jerry havenow returned home, where he remains under the supervision of a hospice and receives outpatient care. The family has created a GoFundMe page to help with medical expenses for the couple.
WHAT IS SMALL CELL CARCINOMA?
Small cell carcinoma is a cancer of the lung where the malignant (cancer) cells form in the tissues of the lung's.
Between 10 and 15 percent of lung cancers are small cell.
Smoking is the greatest risk factor for small cell carcinoma.
Signs and symptoms:
A cough that doesn't go away or gets worse
Coughing up blood or sputum (saliva or phlegm) reddish
Chest pain that often worsens when take a deep breath, cough or laugh
Hoarseness
Weight loss and loss of appetite
Shortness of breath
Feeling tired or weak
Infections such as bronchitis and pneumonia that do not go away orkeep coming back
Wheezing
Depending on the stage of the cancer and other factors, options ofmain treatment for people with small cell carcinoma include:
Chemotherapy
Radiation therapy
Surgery
Palliative treatments may also be used to help with the symptoms.
Five-year relative survival rates:
Stage I of small cells - 31 percent
Small cell stage II - 19 percent
Stage III small cell - 8%
Stage IV small cell - 2 percent
Source: American Cancer Society
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