Today, September 2nd is my boy's 40th birthday. Forty???? That's just weird. He doesn't seem forty me me.....if and when I think about his age, I always think late twenty-ish.
We made a quick trip to see him a couple weeks ago. It was GREAT. He was scheduled for a PET/CT on Friday morning. We met him at the hospital (felt like old times). He looked good to his dad but looked tired to his mom. Turns out mom was right. He hadn't slept well because he was having a lot of pain in his hip. He'd been pushing himself pretty hard with working out, hiking and bike riding up an incredibly steep trail. Later when we talked, he said he thought he looked like he'd aged 10 years in the last year. He was seeing lines on his face that weren't there before. Maybe...but he still looks good and young to his mom. We had a nice weekend eating out, hiking, resting, working on his new living quarters. He has moved to a small travel trailer in an area called Woodacre...perfect location for him. Beautiful woody area with trails. Bobby wanted us to see the sunset from top of the hill. It was truly beautiful.
Dad did some repairs on his trailer and then we had to come home. The wait for the PET/CT results began. Tuesday he called to say there was some "hot spots" on the scan in the hip area but that the others areas that were treated last year were clean. It was a good news, bad news report. An MRI was schedule for Friday morning and the wait for those results began. We had hoped to hear Monday or Tuesday but didn't hear anything until Wednesday night. When the news came, it wasn't what we wanted to hear. The cancer is in the hip. It was enormously sad news. My friend Annie summed it up well when I told her "Oh Crap!!".
What we know at this moment is he will have radiation next week. We'll be there with him. We also know God is faithful.
I'll keep you posted. Thank you for your love and prayers.
Dad did some repairs on his trailer and then we had to come home. The wait for the PET/CT results began. Tuesday he called to say there was some "hot spots" on the scan in the hip area but that the others areas that were treated last year were clean. It was a good news, bad news report. An MRI was schedule for Friday morning and the wait for those results began. We had hoped to hear Monday or Tuesday but didn't hear anything until Wednesday night. When the news came, it wasn't what we wanted to hear. The cancer is in the hip. It was enormously sad news. My friend Annie summed it up well when I told her "Oh Crap!!".
What we know at this moment is he will have radiation next week. We'll be there with him. We also know God is faithful.
I'll keep you posted. Thank you for your love and prayers.
