This fall is going to be a little different for the Andrew's family. The boys have decided not to play football this fall. Even though this is breaking their dad's heart, he is not pushing the issue. Tom was able to walk his niece down the isle and give her away at her wedding last weekend. Where have the years gone? The little girl that was our flower girl in our wedding now had our daughter as her flower girl. I broke into tears when he said to me, "I want to be around to do this at Katelynn's wedding." However, no hurry!
I can finally say that Tom's health care is now on the West Side of the state. Dr. Campbell will be overseeing all of his care at Spectrum Health's cancer center. We got the results back from Tom's last blood tests and they were not what we had hoped for. There was an increase in the Calcitonin levels. This was our indicator that the cancer is spreading. This combined with the lump they had found recently on Tom's neck has us back on defense. We will not know for sure until after the next round of scans. Tom goes into Butterworth on Wednesday, August 13 for his injection and the first scan. He will return on Thursday for his more scans. We will meet with Dr. Campbell on the 25th to go over the results. Those eleven days are going to seem like an eternity! We have been through this before however this time we know what we are dealing with. Tom is staying very upbeat and positive. He knows that this will be a way of life from here on out. He is just going to keep fighting the good fight and loving every day.
So life has it's ups and downs and we sure have been on a ride for the past year. We will continue to laugh often & love much.
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