Back in 6 Months

Sorry that I've left so many of you hanging this past week. We called MD Anderson 2 weeks to the day after all of his testing. The info was sent to the wrong department, so it took a while to get it in the right hands. John's doctor called us last Monday night to let us know that they aren't overly concerned about anything they see at this point, but they do want him to come back in 6 months in order to keep a close eye on the spot on his lungs. Once again, they aren't calling it cancer, but they feel they need to watch it and make sure it doesn't turn in to anything. Looks like we'll be headed back to Houston in November or December. While we aren't thrilled about that, we are thankful that they are keeping a close watch and catching things early.

I also wanted to let all of you know that we will be participating in a benefit bike ride here locally to raise money for MD Anderson's Sarcoma unit, the one that handles John's case. Sarcoma's and other rare cancers receive very little research funding, so a local woman here with sarcoma, who is also a patient at MD Anderson, has started a foundation to raise money for MD Anderson's Research! How amazing that someone in the next town over is a patient there too and is raising money to aid in the research they are doing at MD Anderson that could someday help us with John's situation! I just thought I'd let all of you know that we are doing this, and if you'd like to help by giving to support his team, you can find out more information on my facebook page or by going to www.creepertrailridetoendcancer.com and donating to the team titled "9th Floor". The Sarcoma unit is on the 9th floor of the hospital, so that's why John picked that name. The ride will be on Saturday, July 30th. We'll bike 17 miles down a mountain on the Creeper Trail.

Thanks for all of your prayers and support!

2 Year Check Up Leaves Us Hanging

Well, I just realized it's been 18 months since my last post on here. I guess since there hasn't been much to update, I've just given quick messages on facebook rather than writing a full blog post. We FINALLY returned home from Houston this morning...12 hours later than planned. We missed our flight in Atlanta by about 20 minutes last night because our flight left Houston 2 hours late yesterday. Thank goodness Gigi was able to stay another night with the kids and see them off to school this morning!

We also waited 2 hours to see the surgeon yesterday. It was really busy, and he was very backed up. We got worried about missing our flight (little did we know!), so I left the room 5 minutes before he came in to talk to us about John's results to go gather our belongings from the room and bring the rental car around. When he finally came in, he said John has a spot on his lungs that seems to be getting bigger. It could be something; we are praying it's nothing. He'll have more testing done here locally to see if they can't get a better idea of what it is at this point. It's too small to biopsy right now.

Please join us in praying that this "spot" is nothing and will just go away. I'm not sure why God is taking us on this journey. We were hoping to get the "all clear" for a couple of years and not have to spend our vacations in Houston anymore, but there is a chance we'd have to go back soon if the doctor isn't pleased with what he sees on the tests run here.

Thanks for all of the texts and facebook messages checking in on us! It is just so good to be home! I can't wait to see the kiddos after school today! We know that God has a plan in all of this...He will take care of us and John. I really believe He healed him once, and I know He will again!