THANK YOU SO MUCH TO EVERYONE WHO HAS DONATED!! EE APPRECIATE YOU!
New update!! 11/4/26:
Hey everyone! We went to Kaiser Sunset today to met the reconstructive surgeon and oral surgeon. She is responding well to treatment and surgery is scheduled for the 19th. Much faster than we expected. We will be celebrating our Thanksgiving early at home and spending Thanksgiving day with her in the hospital. Keep her in your prayers please 🙏
Update 10/14/26:
Good evening. On the 12th we met with the oncologist and we really like him. He ordered her immunotherapy and she starts on the 21st! Praying for no side effects and then in 6 weeks will be surgery (no date yet). The 28th we go to meet with the surgeon and his partner to see how she is responding to treatment and talk more surgery. 🙏
Update 9/30/26:
We have received the PET scan results and unfortunately the cancer is in a few of her lymph nodes which raises her to stage 4. We were supposed to have an oncology appointment tomorrow but unfortunately that has been postponed once again. 😳 We need this immunotherapy ASAP 🙏
She is in good spirits, but this journey has been frustrating to say the least. Thank you everyone for following our mom's journey.
Update as of 9/20/26:
Sitting here waiting for her PET scan to be completed. Praying 🙏 it does not show anywhere else.
9/16: we met one of the surgeons. We found out A LOT of info. Unfortunately mom is stage 3 because the cancer is in her jaw bone. Now we wait for her oncology appointment to start immunotherapy and then they are talking surgery in 6-8 weeks. It will be a very extensive surgery that will last 10-12 hours. She will have a feeding tube for 7 days in the hospital along with physical and speech therapy during her 7-10 days stay after the surgery.
Thank you for all your continued prayers and help!
UPDATE: THANK YOU SO MUCH from all of us to those who have donated and shared. So far a CT has been done and thankfully it is not in her lymph nodes 🙏 The 16th she sees the oral surgeon and the 20th is the PET scan. Then the tumor board. Please continue to donate, pray and share. ❤️
I never thought I would have to write something like this, and having to ask for help is hard. But our mom was recently diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma on her gums, and possibly on her tongue and into the bone.
Insurance will cover the expenses for surgery, but we're unsure what other costs we'll face during this journey. The doctors are talking about reconstructive surgery. We would like to provide her with what she needs from diet and transportation and other treatments so she doesn't have to worry.
We want her to feel less of the financial burden so she can focus on healing. Please if you are not able to help with a donation, please share this and pray for our mom, Linda. If we dont make our goal that is okay! Any amount will help us through this.
Thank you,
Linda's kids
