Lots of new news

First of all I want to say Happy Birthday to my precious baby boy Luke!!! He is 4 today!! He is a boy that truly loves life!! And he is a boy that loves God with all his heart! We are truly grateful for him. I am not deserving of the blessings God has given me! I am thankful for a merciful God. There is a lot of new information to share. I will try to shorten this as much as possible but still write it so you will know what's going on. We had a 2nd opinion yesterday with an oncologist. We walked away feeling very good about the meeting. He clearly answered some big questions we were having. First of all they are going to do a biopsy of the places on the lungs. This will happen at the end of this week or beginning of next. The doctor feels that he cannot say 100% that this is the original testicular cancer that has spread although he is 95% sure. He does not feel good about giving chemo unless we 100% know for sure what kind of cancer it is. We completely agree!! The only risk is a dropped lung so pray that will not happen. Secondly he talked to us about 2 chemo regimens that can be used assuming we find out this is the seminoma cancer he had before. The first one uses bleomycin which CAN cause lung problems (1-2% chance). They can also do it without that drug it would just have to be done an extra round (3 weeks-12weeks total). both are very effective and because Jon's livelihood depends on his lungs, the doctor is fine with which ever one we decide. So pray for especially Jon as he will have to ultimately make that decision. The best part is the cure rate is 95%. The doctor believes the chemo will knock this out and he will never deal with testicular cancer again. Pray for Jon Friday as he will have a minor outpatient surgery. Also his latest brain MRI was completely clear. PTL. We also found out that his chemo will most likely start January 28th. He needs a couple of weeks to heal from this surgery. The only other thing is that Jon has to decide whether to get a port. Again pray for him with this decision because there is positive and negative to both. Jon has already been able to use this as a platform to talk about his faith in Jesus Christ. He is a very bold, courageous man!! And all he is worried about is that this will inconvenience people:). He is also very discouraged and sad he can no longer referee basketball for now. He is only going to focus on his job (teaching PE) and dealing with the chemo and getting better. We know this is the right decision. He has also put his Masters on hold. Thanks for your prayers. We will update when we find out new information!