Well, I have to admit that I thought about skipping the post this month. then I saw that people were checking my blog so I may be doing 2 in a very short period of time. So what has kept me away? Life is twirling fast in the Andrews home and time goes by a blink of the eye. Cody has been busy with his wrestling but the matches haven't begun yet....next week. Katie has had 3 swim meets and she has placed 3rd in overall heats for the Freestyle. She has skimmed seconds off her time and from what I hear that is her goal each heat. So good job Katie :)
This month I went with my sister-in-law and daughter to Chicago. Thank you Diva for showing us Andrews a great time! Katie and I both so enjoyed our trip but we both admitted the big cities are fun to visit. We hit the American Girl Cafe' for lunch and shopped until our legs wore out. Our Diva showed us the popular places to dine and we all laughed so hard during the Blue Man Group performance. The Andrews family also had our Thanksgiving Day tradition. We went to Grandma & Grandpa's house for turkey time and attempted to play a game of scrabble. We ran out of time & that was OK as most of us ended up with the dreaded letters. Vicky and Cody had about 4 I's at one time; that should count for some letter redraw! The next day we headed to our friends home in Ohio. I believe there were about 30 people roaming the "Hursh Hotel" as we call it for a couple of day. With Debbie's fabulous hospitality we left a few pounds heavy and our hearts lighter for having been able to connect with family & friends.
Tom and I also made a trip to Ann Arbor a few days before Thanksgiving. Tom had CT scan of the neck and chest and a MRI. As the MRI was a later addition and the test did not happen until 5:00 pm and we were not able to get the results the next morning. However the CT scan came back stable. I am a little confused as to what "stable" means after this visit. Though the result was stable there is a new spot found on Tom's lower right lung. The spot is so small that it can't be measured. Tom and Dr. Worden also visited the reflex issue Tom experiences at night. They gave Tom another couple of prescriptions to attempt to control this from happening. It was also mentioned that Tom should make an appointment with his ENT in GR so that they can take a look at his Esophagus and determine if they can stretch it or do anything that will help. It is assumed that with all the scar tissue that Tom incurred during his surgery, it is effecting the acid and possibly squeezing tightly his throat. However, I noticed that when they started talking about Traching, the discussion was steered from Tom into other possibilities....can't say that I blame him for that one :)
Tom's case is to go before the Cancer Tumor board. We thought it would initially happen last Tuesday, so I held off posting. However we were called and told that it will be reviewed on the 4th of December.
I received news from my mother that her needle biopsy of the thyroid did not show any cancer or anything suspicious. That is good news indeed. However I received an e-mail from a friend stating that her husband has been diagnosed with cancer & that he had surgery and will begin chemotherapy/radiation very soon. My heart breaks for her as her husband has an aggressive and fast growing cancer. She was there for me in all Tom's stages and I feel so helpless in words/actions of how to be there for her. All I can do is be strong & pray for her and her family. I try to be encouraging as others have done for us during these difficult days.
1 Thessalonians 4:10 "For night and day we pray for on and on for you, asking God to let us see you again, to fill up any little cracks there may yet be in your faith."
