My condolences. Your Mom fought her cancer with all she had, unfortunately that is not always enough. Take comfort that you and your brother did everything you could to support your Mom showing your love in so many ways. She was fortunate to have you by her side and no doubt she knew that. There will be difficult days ahead dealing with your loss, perhaps you could make a book of memories of your mother to share with your daughter when she is older.

Caregiver to husband Dx. Stage 4 SCC of gingiva with 3 nodes pos. Partial mandiblectomy with bone graft from iliac crest Dec. 2006. IMRT x30, Cisplatin x3. Completed Tx. March 15, 2007. Osteonecrosis & removal of graft & plate Oct. 2007. Recurrence of SCC Dec. 2007. Deceased Jan. 17, 2008.