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!