1st day down

Jon made it through his first day. The nurses are wonderful and the facility is very nice. He is well taken care of here! He tolerated everything great and no side effects yet. They said it would be a couple of days before he would really start feeling effects.

We met with the oncologist today. He looked at the pathologist report and confirmed that the cancer in his lungs most likely came from the TINY tumor they found hidden in the testicle they removed. The doc said that out of 100 men with testicular cancer (which is rare-8,000 cases in the US a year) 1 1/2 of them would have it in both testicles. So Jon is 1 out of maybe 100 people this year in the US with this condition. Isn't he special? HE IS SPECIAL!!! Please continue to pray for him. The doc said the chemo should "melt away" the cancer. Please pray it does! The doc is very optimistic and reminded us that Jon has the best prognosis you can have with this cancer even though it is Stage 3.

I've been leaving out my funny stories because I've been writing this at midnight. But yesterday Marcus looked on the monitor at the babies attempting to take a nap. They were right beside each other in their pack and plays. Emma Kate initiated a prayer with Ryan and they were holding hands and she was praying. She told me later she was praying with brother for her baby. Very cute!!