Up Updated Update

Thank you all for praying. I met with Dr. Ortega today after speedily ordering a ton of blood tests and an MRI.... all of which I received today. 

Dr. Ortega was very kind, very sweet and very understanding. She is a neat Christian lady and was very supportive of what we have done and are doing.

However. The MRI showed that the tumor has grown and does most definitely need to come out with surgery.....

I am not surprised or scared or even sad. Just totally unsure of how I feel at this point. I'm not happy. I really wanted to see the Lord heal me simply with a stand of faith, mostly because he set us on this road and it was a joy to walk it with Him. 

So now we are waiting again. I will know more in a few days as to when surgery is scheduled. The good news is that the one of the top two specialists in the nation in this particular surgery is now covered by my insurance, he wasn't last year, and I will be going to him at St. Joe's in Santa Monica instead of the horribly busy UCLA in LA. I'm grateful for that! 

I'm not looking forward to Dr. visit after Dr. visit. I hate the waiting and all that. I will probably be moved along fairly quickly because of the size etc.

I'm looking forward to getting on with life and not feeling crummy a lot of the time.

Thanks for your prayers. I think prayer #1 right now is that we would not give in to discouragement. #2 we always need wisdom in what to do, what to say etc. #3 peace for us and our boys. So far they know what is going on, but they only grasp it on a 5 and 7 year old level at this point and that is enough.

Thank you again.