New Phamily Rules

First, we'd like to apologize to all of those trying to call/text/visit us. My sister Stephanie and I (Jen) have taken point on helping Mom through this journey and we are currently draining upwards of 2-3 cell phone batteries a day trying to advocate for her. Please understand that though your love is greatly appreciated, we need to focus our time and urgent resources in securing the best care for Mama Pham possible. We have been consulting the best doctors from all over the world, navigating the complicated insurance policies, taking a crash medical school level course on Sarcomas, scheduling appointments and preparing the Phamily and house for Chemo.

From this point on, we please ask that all of our loved ones:

1- leave your well wishes on this blog and we will share them with Mama Pham when she will be needing them most.

2- please DO NOT call her as she needs her rest and because she is unable to use her phone in the procedure areas. If it is an urgent matter, you are welcome to text my cell phone number.  If you do not have it, please message me and I will send it to you. She has been through 4 surgerys in the past 8 days all of which have required her being fully sedated. Her voice is harsh from the intubations, she's in pain and exhausted.  We promise to have her start returning phone calls/ text/ emails once things settle down.

3-as we start Chemotherapy, please do not drop by the house unexpectedly. We have to now control for infections as her immune system will be severely compromised. We have facetime/google hangout/video chat/skype and plan on using it a LOT! You will get to see her, we promise!

4- Our care team of (Sarcoma Cancer Specialists, Doctors, Nurses, Nutritionist, Physical Therapist etc..) have her on a very specific regime for her best chances of survival. At this point we are unable to integrate any other forms of alternative treatments in conjunction to the powerful Chemo drugs to work on the first try.  We will gladly take the contact information for any alternative practitioners but we can not start any of them until after the first round of Chemo.

5- We kindly ask that you respect our Phamily space, we are all overwhelmed right now.  We know that you love and care for us and your cards/gifts/emails/text messages and well wishes mean the world to us but right now we need to do what is right for our mom. We promise to use this website as much as possible as it will be the SOLE means of communication. We will update you almost daily as to the procedures and her progress. Know that we are receiving your messages, we just can not respond to them all.

We love you all very much.  We greatly appreciate your support though this journey as we fight Phamily style for Mama Pham's life.

Many Hugs,
Jen & the Phamily