Surgery update

Jon did very well during and after surgery.  He had NO nausea.  They gave him LOTS of anti-nausea medication during and after surgery and a good dose in his IV to go home with.  Without going into too many details, I want to share something really neat.  During the surgery, decisions had to be made.  So the doctor came in to talk to me in a little meeting room.  Please do understand we have a pretty close relationship with Jon's urologist.  The answers weren't as clear cut as he would have hoped for.  He walks in and says "I have been asking God for answers on the way over here."  Then we sit and talk about options for about 15 minutes.  We pretty much knew what way we were leaning but still had a tiny doubt that we were doing the best thing for Jon.  He then said, "Ok, God just showed me something."  And he shared it with me, I said, "God, has spoken, you know what to go do."  We both got up and he walked back to the OR.  The answer became so clear to both of us and it was so reassuring that God was a part of this decision.


Some of you may not know this, but Jon is a very RARE guy:o)   So far, almost everything that they have found  about his cancer case is RARE!  The cancer that they found in his lungs is actually 2 types, non-seminoma and seminoma.  This is very RARE for them to find both kinds especially when the first time they found this 6.5 years ago it was only seminoma.  Also, they cannot find any in his abdomen area.  It is very RARE to skip the belly area and move to the lungs.  It is very RARE to find it in both testicles.  It is very RARE that the cancer would come back after 6 1/2 years.  We are calling Jon a 1-2% chance guy because so far those are about the percentages of all these RARE things.


Please pray for Jon as I know tomorrow (Tuesday) will be a more painful day.   Hopefully we can manage the pain, and with him being able to eat and not get to nauseated he will feel better quicker.


We will meet with the oncology nurse on Thursday and go over all the ins and outs of chemotherapy.  They will do a little education seminar with us.  And the plan is to start chemo on Monday, Feb. 4th. He will get a port but not until after he starts.  He will have to get it on one of his weeks off.

Thanks for your prayers!  We really appreciate it!  Here is a fun video to enjoy.