Monday, November 17, 2008

Something else just went wrong.


Things around our house have been....difficult. In the last year My Dad has been out of work due to a horrible back injury, my Mom left, my little sister cut off contact from our entire family (except my Mom), my grandfather died, my uncle moved out of state with his wife and his first child (who is a miracle) to start a business which failed, my grandmother has lost half her body weight, much of her health, and her will to live. My Dad has asked/said "What else can possible go wrong". You know the saying, when it rains it pours.... something else can always go wrong. It really can.

For us, something else went wrong, things just got worse.

My Dad just got the results back to a guided ultra sound biopsy which was "guaranteed" to come back normal. It didn't. The biopsy was of lymph nodes in his throat, and they came back cancerous. We don't know any more than that at this point. We know it's not in his lungs, he had a chest x-ray. We know he has had pressure behind his ears. We also know that my Uncle (his brother) died of cancer that started in his tonsils, 7 1/2 years ago.

So far, my Dad, My, My brother, my friend Joanna, and my youth pastors wife know. And of course, any readers. We haven't event old my Mom yet.

Please pray. I will blog mor elater

2 comments:

joanna said...

Violet,
We are praying here. Kaleb was also so sad to hear about your dad. Your family has been through so much lately. I looked up a bit about throat cancer and it does look like smoking is a huge risk factor -- I will be praying that if the doctor asks your dad to quit he will find the strength to do so.
Hugs from me and my family,
Joanna

junglemama said...

I am so sorry. What devastating news.