My mom diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer and a colostomy bag was necessary...q!

She is 79 yrs old!. After surgery they did not remove the large mass on her sigmoid colon because it was to vascular to remove and she would more than likely bleed to death if they tried!. It will be one week since her surgery and she is still very very weak, gets out of breath with us daughters helping her to bathroom!. Even when they gave her a portable pottychair to use she gets severely cold and clammy, extramely nausous, shivers, very rapid heartbeat, and has a hard time taking a breath!. When she tries to speak to us during these attacks of her sitting up moving around, she is so winded and it takes so much just to finish a single sentence!. Mom is very anemic and her heme count dropped to a 7!.2 she will not accept any blood transfusuions due to her beliefs religious wise and the past few days docs given her iron pills and that has raised her count to a 9!.4 but its still low!.!.!.!. Her tummy is still so very bloated and her urin output is not that much even though they are pumping her with several IV fluid bags!. Could it be the cancer is just wiping her out she is not on any chemo yet!. We are trying to figure out WHY she is so winded, weak and slightly feverish at times !.!.!. clammy, chills!.!.!. Could it be her heart they have not noticed yet!?!.!. OR is this a common reaction after this type of surgery!? We are aware that the Doctors told us without the surgery, she probly wouldnt have lived more than 2 weeks!. But since she had the surgery, it may extend her time who knows!.!. is this symptoms of the end her weakness!?!? They placed her on a clear diet but she does not eat any of that!.!. no broth jello or anything but a sip of water or two thats it!. she has been without food for 14 days now!.!.!. but what can we do or possibly suggest to the doctors do to help her in this situation!? Cancer has masestize to her liver and lungs i forgot to mention above!. Anyone who has had a loved one with the same symptoms that she is going through please let me know how I can help her, what can we do, and how much longer did they live after going through these symptoms after surgery!? I want to keep her as long as possible but I need to make her as comfy as possible!. I wonder why her tummy is swelling up again!?!?!? Anybody with ideas or experience I apreciate your help!. God BlessWww@Answer-Health@Com

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