Hello Carol,
My Mom has the same case yours passed through, except that she doesn´t have any stroke. She is 77 yo and has always been an incredibly healthy and happy person. But a couple of months ago she started complaining about lack of energy and apetite. She also had strong pain that she thought was her gallbladder that needed to be removed. So she went to prepare for the surgery when they saw a bunch of nodules in her liver. I´m brazilian, but live in Houston since 1998. My family live here in Rio de Janeiro, I flew back when my sister told me of her metastasis in her liver, almost two months ago. My Mom is at the hospital also with a stent to drain bile. She has no energy to eat or walk. But pain pain and pain. I feel so uncapable to help or do anything. It is an awful useless feeling.
Wish you all the best.
Angelina