Our lives are a little crazy right now so it seems like a good idea to try to post information on here for those who want to know. Maybe it’ll save me a little time in sharing updates, and help me process a little.
A few weeks ago was my 10-year healing anniversary. That was a Wednesday. Literally the next day, we learned that Yaacov has cancer.
It was a sudden bombshell, but it has been so chaotic that I don’t have much time to worry or feel sorry for myself. I’d like to say the same for Yaacov, but don’t want to risk that. He’s had a lot more sleepless nights, in too much pain to rest well, with nothing to do but think.
The basics are that this is Hodgkins Lymphoma, and as of now it’s staged as 2A. At first that was a relief, because the prognosis is so good. However, he has many tumors that are growing quickly. So far he’s had one partially removed, another grow so big it’s interfering with his lung capacity, had 3 CT scans, a PET scan, a bone marrow biopsy, a lung capacity test, and two trips to the ER for heart pain.
Next week he has a surgery to have his port put in, and he starts chemo Thursday. We were fortunate enough to get in with my original doctors, Dr.’s Crooms and Rassam.
We have been inundated with love and offers of help, and a ton of people are praying for us. He’s an elder at our church now, and says it’s an honor to suffer along with the other members to give him more empathy and understanding. I doubt it felt like such an honor when they were drilling into his hip to harvest bone marrow yesterday!
We were supposed to have one last amazing family weekend before chemo starts, but Teddy is sick so I have to keep him away from Yaacov. He and the girls are still making great memories, though.
Stay tuned for more updates, and keep praying to our Great Physician, that He will heal Yaacov and be glorified in his body and our circumstances. If you know us and have questions, please touch base with me before him. He’s quite busy keeping up with work and all these appointments.
