Keith and Patricia Seagraves Umberger

Hello to all! I just wanted to provide everyone a quick update on Keith and ask for your continued prayers as well as thank you for any and all financial support that you may be able to offer to Keith and Patricia in their time of need. Below is an update from Patricia a few days ago. Please share this and most importantly, cover Patricia and Keith in your thoughts and prayers as they both have a some long hard days ahead of them.

Patricia update 3/21

It's been a year since I started passing out, falling, etc. What a ride it's been & continues. Some of you know, around Christmas a spot showed-up on my Lt arm & has cont to grow. Antibiotics were tried twice, but no change. The Dermatologist took a biopsy of it a couple wks ago. Then, Doc called me himself, while I was sitting in ICU with Keith battling to live. Doc said, the biopsy shows the tumor is melanoma cancer - it is not attached to the top skin soo it seems as if the arm is a secondary CA site as in metastatic cancer. Doc said, I'm referring you to an Oncologist Dr to try to find the cancer source & direct the cancer treatment. Dr Johnson, the Oncologist said, the scan of my chest, abdomen and Pelvis were NOT showing CA. He said, perhaps we shld do this chemo type med or that chemo type med, but if I just do arm surgery then be about 50% chance of it returning. And, he was going to chat with my other doctors. Yesterday, I saw my Neurologist and Brain surgeon. The latest brain scan showed that the brain tumor continues to grow. In 5 months it had gone from a jelly fish type coloring of splatter & without obvious edges 'to me', but the latest scan showed an obvious color change being much more uniformly deep white and more 'perimeter edge' were seen 'by me & kinda like what Dr explained'. In other words, it went from looking like an amoeba to looking like a tumor mass. It's suspiciously possible that it is the site of original cancer. But, last biopsy it was not solid enough nor was she able to see it well enough that a good sample was actually gotten to test.

The brain surgeon is going in again. This time the hole will be a little larger - she will make way to directly looook at the tumor & she will take samples or possibly even taking all of the inside of the tumor, based on what she sees. I will be in hospital 1 - 3ish nights. Language production problems are the biggest concern, but it's possible that as I heal those problems will improve. The tumor is about 2- 3 inches deep in my skull. She will likely NOT take the tumor edges because it wld also mean removing some brain tissue & she wants to preserve my brain function as much as possible. Their plan is brain surgery, then brain Radiation & arm treatment. Just from what I've read about brain radiation side effects - I'm not sure yet that I want to do brain radiation --- pray about it with me ;) I want to live as well as I can for the time I have. My biggest concern is that I will see ALL my family in Heaven forevermore. I will prepare my best so that no financial burden will be on any one when I leave - don't worry about it. Keith is going to do his best to be with me during my brain surg. Today, he is 3 days out from his 2nd chemo Tx is managing well - not without challenges, but nothing to land him in hospital ;)

Any questions ask. I may not know the answer but we will try answer.

p.s. brain surgery is April 18th

❤you!

Ohh, 1 more prayer request, Monday 3/25 I'm having a mammogram. I'd really like for it to come back All Clear !