Wow, a lot has happened since I last logged in. We had a cold winter and now spring is finally in the air. And along with the changing season is a change in our family's health situation.
My sister Brenda and her husband Steve live a few acres away from us. Steve had been having some health issues with back pain in mid December and January. Thinking it was just the flu, he tried to keep on working. Normally Steve is a healthy hard working man. He's 46 years old and just figured he'd pulled a muscle or something.
Well long story short is this... after several visits to the doctor and many tests later, it was determined that he had a disc problem that was going to require surgery. However a surgeon ruled this out and suggested that it could be gall stones. Surgery was scheduled to remove the gall stones and gall bladder on March 7, 2008.
You can imagine then our horror and shock when it was discovered that it wasn't gall stones but that he has stage 4 colon cancer with complications of Hepatitis C!
Steve underwent four surgical procedures and was sent home in serious condition. He started chemo therapy treatments on Monday March 31st.
We are praying for a miracle and hope everyone who reads this will join in our prayers.
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Wow, Read your profile, thanks for coming to visit me.
Wow is right...that must have been a real shock. Prayers for Steve and your family!
Wow, I hope it all works out. We will keep you in our prayers. Thanks for your comment. :) Good luck with your family. Be strong
Thanks for visiting! Stop in anytime. I will bookmark your blog too. We have some horses that come from Paulden to our shop for shoes... Laurie and Steve? I can't remember their last name, but they have a menagerie of animals :)
Thanks for stopping by. Praying for your brother-in-law and his family.
thanks for stopping by All things Horses. Come join me anytime for my adventures! I live in Central Indiana. Maybe you know someone interested in "Eddie" the ex race horse I blogged about.
Oh my, I was wondering if that was where you were going. Unfortunately, I have seen and lived through that experience of a cancer misdiagnosed as other things. Hopefully, this will work out. I will include him in my prayers.
Steve must be a strong man if he thought it was just the flu. I'll be thinking of him, hoping he'll recover, and that your horses will give you a break too. I read your older posts. You had some scary moments.
Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment. I've got to figure out where in AZ you are since we come and go to Tucson every few weeks.
My thoughts are sincerely on Steve's fast recovery.
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