My mother was put on steroids, and after considering and rejecting brain irradiation, she left her home near Boston and moved into a hospice five minutes from my house in Philadelphia.

• 我的母亲正在服用甾体类药物，在考虑拒绝脑部放射后，她离开波士顿的家，搬进了临终关怀医院，这个医院离我在费城的家只需要5分钟的路程。