The New Journey

Scott has cancer.  I don't know how else to say it.  It's like a cuss word. I didn't mean to be vague when I posted about the Church being amazing on social media.  God's Church.  But it's also hard to out your stuff.  So my posts going forward will be to update on Scott's prognosis, the treatment, and most important ALL that our God does in and through us through this journey. 

Scott found a lump near the base of his neck sometime in May.  Between appointments for ultrasound and biopsy taking far longer than we'd like, we got a call on July 1st that something is indeed growing...and on July 9th, that it's cancer.  The appointment on the 9th didn't tell us much more than that--but words like rare, aggressive, and concerning were used.  The doctor handed me papers--pathology reports and ultrasound reads, and told me to begin keeping a notebook.  Those words were so heavy to me, I wanted to be sucked out by a large vacuum.  That sounded serious to me. I'm not sure I heard much else, but we know he needs a CT and PET scan.  We didn't want to wait for those things to be scheduled in the coming weeks, so Scott and I leave tomorrow morning for Mayo Clinic.  We have an appointment Monday morning and are so grateful for the ball to be rolling!

Let me make clear that we know that there's still a lot that we don't know!  We don't really know what kind, what treatment, what stage.  But here's what we DO KNOW:  We know that God's people have surrounded us in an insane way!  We have been flooded with encouragement.  My house got a grocery drop off that was huge, even for our family!! We have gift cards being dropped off.  People checking on my kids. WE ARE BLESSED.
We KNOW that Our God is able to do immeasurably more than we ask or imagine and we are standing on His promises.  And when I wasn't sure I could stand--I could feel the notes and texts from 2 dear friends acting as my legs.  Their timely texts, filled with Scripture and songs have held me up.  We KNOW that Scott is loved and held by the Lord and has had some really cool moments with Him just this week.  We know God's Word is living and active and sharper than a double edged sword--and we invite you to get in it.  Chew on it.  Pray with it with us!!