MEDICAL UPDATE on My Hero- #1

I will do an update

without going into too much detail today.

There is much to tell you but I want

to get a basic post out there to

keep you all in the loop.

MyHero was admitted to the ICU 

with a massive infection in the area 

of the mass on his neck

on Monday night.

The mass is on the left side but

I thought I would spare you that.

You can see the swelling is already

coming down around and is under 

his neck-moving now to his right side.

He has been moved from ICU to 

the medical floor and will be 

in the hospital until the middle of next week.

He is off oxygen 

and able to eat soft food 

for the first time

in about 8 days!

Notice his arm?

To put it in simple terms- 

the IV dislodged 

and his arm filled with saline solution.

Just a minor "tick" in the world of medicine..

painful but not harmful. 

We have been praying for a miracle.

Did we get one?

Maybe- in a sense we did.

The Drs. all thought the huge mass on 

his neck was cancer growing at a super rapid pace.

It IS growing fast but a large part of the mass

was infection.

Another "miracle"?

The PET scan.

The Drs. warned us that the PET scan  

"could" light John up 
(like a Christmas tree-)

that his body was most likely 

FULL OF CANCER.

There is NO OTHER CANCER,

that they can see,

in his body.

They could not believe that.

Neither can we.

The cancer team went from

"cautious approach for long-term success

and possible pallative care"

to 

YOU CAN BEAT THIS WITH

AGGRESSIVE TREATMENT.

So, that is what we are going to do.

We are going to hit the ground and 

run hard.

He will have 37 radiation treatments-

5 days a week for 7 weeks+.

We can do this!

We need to get this infection under control

so we can move forward into treatment.

Praying for another little miracle there.

I was going to close the comments
but started getting them anyway-
lol- so I am opening them up again.
(you guys---shheeesshhh--
you can find me no matter where I am)

I will keep you all posted 

as we move along.

Thank you so much for all the prayers

and good thoughts.

I am overwhelmed and so is

MyHero.

Just so you know- 

We have had 

ALL THE DOCTORS LAUGHING

 at one point or another.

THAT is another small MIRACLE!

There is not a lot of laughter

on these floors.

Have a blessed week leading up to Christmas!

My super kids are picking up all the pieces

to make Christmas special for all of us-

shopping, cooking, baking,

wrapping gifts and doing it ALL!

What a blessing!!

In spite of all of this pain and angst-

we are blessed!

Love you all-Thanks again!