Under the Knife 2!

Yep, my main squeeze is having some

difficult issues! He has been having the

highest blood pressure for quite sometime.

Upon moving to Reno, we have located the

most WONDERFUL docs on the planet.

They thought that the high blood pressure

might have something to do with his

kidneys. Well, close! There is a large

tumor on his adrenal gland, which is

usually a laparoscopic procedure.

However, my darling's growth is quite

a large tumor and is resting on a main

artery. Hence, he will have to have

a major cut job to have it removed.

Upon finding the tumor on the adrenal gland,

our wise docs had him have a CT scan.

The results of the CT scan showed two

growths on the pancreas. God pointed us

in the right direction to marvelous

surgeons. The surgeon looked at the films

and immediately sent him to a terrific

Gastro doc (who drew this marvelous

pics just the morning). He has pretty

much determined that the larger growth

on the pancreas is, in fact, cancer. Once

again, God is merciful! It is not the horrible

kind of cancer.

Tuesday they will be going in to look at

the growths on the pancreas and take

biopsies. After the biopsies, our marvelous

docs will decide when the surgery will be

to remove both the tumor on the

adrenal gland and the growths on the

pancreas. Wow!

All of this, of course, is coupled with

my final residency in Jacksonville,

school starting, finishing the new digs,

Sam getting his driver's license,

Halloween costume prep . . .

We are so thankful that we have

awesome docs who are taking more

than terrific care of him. We know that

he will have a pretty major ordeal and

we are ready to support him and help

him heal. God's timing is ALWAYS

perfect. We are waiting for our

next instructions and when the

big day will be . . .