"Then the doctor explained that the scans revealed that two quarter-sized tumors have already grown back in the same area that they had been blasting daily with chemo and radiation. And that many more smaller tumors were visible all throughout the abdominal region.  She said that the cancer was aggressively spreading in spite of all they've been doing.

So we did what you do when the medicine isn't working, and the doctors are at a loss…and when the 'statistics" say you can do more chemo, but it will only buy you a little time…

We came home."

Rory goes on to say in the same blog post that Joey has not come home to die, but live. Though Joey’s devoted husband is confused and scared and sad, he says they haven’t given up hope — but are looking for a miracle.

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