Some bad news..

On Monday, the doctor informed my dad that he has a tumor in his left kidney and he was 90% sure it was cancer. My dad found out hours before his flight back to the Philippines. Of course, he was completely shocked and probably still is. He has been here for a month doing his routine physical exams. One of his blood tests came out abnormal. His creatinine levels were extremely high. His primary doctor assumed it was due to the medications his dr in the Philippines precribed him. So she changed his medications around and asked him to do more blood work after two weeks, thinking those levels will go down. That didn't happen. It went further up. So she ordered an ultrasound which detected the cyst. The doctor ordered a CT scan to further explore the cyst. A day later she called stating that it was definitely a cyst, not cancerous, and nothing to worry about. We were relieved. But then on Monday, the urology department called and asked him to come in. This is where dad learned about the tumor.

It is 1.7cm big. They caught it early enough that they will perform a laproscopic surgery which is less invasive than open surgery and recovery is a lot shorter. My dad thinks he has been given a death sentence. My sister and I tried to assure him that he would be ok and tried to convince him to cancel his flight. He was adamant about flying back so we made a deal that he would have to return in November.

His surgery has been scheduled for November 21st. My mom will be flying back with him. Please pray that his surgery will be successful and without complications. Pray for my dad that he will have the courage and strength during these trying times. Pray for our family that we can pull through this and be strong for him.

I am overwhelmed and stressed having to coordinate all the details of his upcoming surgery and trying to live life as normal as possible. I have Nathan's surgery to worry about too. I'm going back to work and I'm wondering how I'm going to do this all. It will be one stressful holiday season.