Another Step on the LONG winding road

Well we made it back frim Tampa and with the help of my wonderful inlaws we came back with our sanity well sort of :). The apt was not what we had hoped. We were hoping to go in and they say the scans showed the cancer is stable, but instead they said the scans were inconclusive (the worst word in the english language) and they needed to do another round of different scans in 6 weeks. During the exam Gary told the doctor about the pain he has in his rib and shoulder and that the Radiation oncologist had seen something on the shoulder but he wasnt sure what it is, thats when the Doctor told us that he was fairly certain that the cancer has spread there and when we scan in 6 weeks we will confirm. WHAT SIX MORE WEEKS is what I wanted to say. If you are fairly certain then go scan his behind NOW.. He talked about adding more medicines to the mix in 6 weeks and then more radiation. It is just all so overwhelming sometimes. We ended up going to lunch crying a little then when we got back to the hotel we just sort of collapsed and thanks to Grandma and Grandpa we were able to actually take a little nap. By the time we woke up this morning we have sort of pulled ourselves together realizing that we serve a BIG God and we are surrounded with so many wonderful loving people how can we go wrong. So this journey has still got a long way to go but I thank you for standing with us and letting us know we are never alone. I am truly grateful for all that has been done for us from phone calls, facebook messages to meals it all lets us know we are loved and that you are standing with us.