Biopsy Results

I first want to continue to thank all of you out there praying for Jonathan and our family.  We both feel like the power of all of these prayers are making a difference.  Day by day we are seeing answers to prayer and continue to praise God for the blessings we are receiving through out this tough journey.  But we really do have a lot to be thankful for. 

We are beyond grateful for Jonathan's work situation.  For many men, the stress of missing so much work and providing for their family is just icing on the cake.  We could not ask for a kinder boss/friend Scott Rudy and his family.  They do so much for our family and we really love you guys. 

We are so blessed to have such a great support system!  We have neighbors, friends, family, church family, people from work... I could keep going.  So many people have offered to help and have shown so much kindness to us.  It gives us a lot more confidence in what lies ahead. 

I could write pages and pages on how many things we are grateful for, but for now, I'll get down to it!

Today we checked into Sacred Heart at about 5:30 a.m.  At about 7 this morning Jonathan was all prepped and we were able to meet with his oncologist before he began surgery.  He explained a lot about how the lab tests will work on the biopsy when he is done.  However all I remember is him saying it will take up to 1 week!  1 MORE WEEK!  He did say he would have some information for us when he was done though.

It actually didn't take long for the Dr. to meet with me in the waiting room.  The procedure was really very quick.  He said that Jonathan's bone actually looked really pretty healthy and was still pretty strong.  He said he did have some trouble getting through it.  So that is a great sign that his bone wasn't super soft.  He did however say that when he got to the tumor, it does look like cancer.  But it doesn't seem to be spreading at this point, and he thinks it will be in early stages.  He said nothing is for sure until we get the lab tests back though.  He told me that he thinks this is going to be treatable.  So I'm clinging to that word, treatable. 

I asked if we knew anything about what to expect for treatment.  He said we will not have a plan until we get the tests back, but chemo and radiation are likely, along with more surgery.  But then he said there is also a chance that we can just do some radiation only and the tumor will just dissolve and then that would mean no surgery.  We just don't really know yet.

I was able to see Jonathan shortly after he woke up.  He was in quite a bit of pain.  Which I would think is expected since they cut through his thigh muscle and put a hole in his femur. 

The boys were able to come in the post op area to see daddy.  They were very sweet, and gentle with daddy, and were looking forward to seeing him since he wasn't home when they woke up. 

When we got home Jonathan was able to put a small amount of weight on his leg, but was still in quite a bit of pain.  The boys were of coarse being extra helpful and so Grammy and Granpy made sure to get the boys out of the house and to the park, the gondolas, and the white elephant so daddy could get some rest. 

So for now I think Jonathan is on the mend from his biopsy and we are going to continue to count our blessings day by day.  We have been working on gathering information on beating cancer with nutrition and trying to get as informed as possible about how we fight this.  For now Jonathan and I are cutting sugar back out of our diet... I read in my research that "Trying to beat cancer while eating a diet that constantly raises blood glucose is like trying to put out a forest fire while someone nearby is throwing gasoline on the trees."  We are looking at this as another blessing... I recently did a 2 month sugar free diet, so am somewhat prepared for how to eat totally sugar free.  So this isn't as scary as it could be. 

Many of you are asking to bring food for us etc.  I have a friend working on setting up a website where you can get info on when and what to bring.  But we may not post the website until we hear more on what our next few weeks hold.  So please stay tuned on that, and I will let you know more information as soon as we hear.

Jonathan chose a scripture today that I want to include.  “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined what God has prepared for those who love him.” 1 Corinthians 2:9 

Please continue to pray for what we will hear next week.