Combat to Cancer: Bittersweet Homecoming

Well looks like Bobby is home for good! Yay! Let us take a moment to be thankful for that!!!

I'm sure most of you know the circumstances, but for those that do not I can provide a brief update. Shortly before Thanksgiving I saw a doctor for some pain in my right leg. It felt a lot like the beginnings of sciatica, which both my Mother and Grandmother have had issues with in the past. The results of several scans revealed the the pain was in fact sciatic nerve pain; however, the pain was not caused from a slipped/herniated disk or inflammation, but rather a large tumor in my pelvis that is displacing my sciatic nerve.

I've been through about 3094309 tests, and I have been traveling to Birmingham Alabama to UAB, a five and half hour drive from Tallahassee where I currently live, to see an orthopedic oncologist who specializes in this area. As of right now, we're still waiting on diagnosis and treatment plans. The doctors have their suspicions, but won't say anything conclusively yet. What we do know is that 7 gawillion MRIs revealed the tumor, a CT scan revealed spots on my lungs, and both a needle biopsy and surgical biopsy have come back inconclusive.

Luckily Bobby was scheduled to come home for his two week break in mid-late December when both of my biopsies were scheduled. Originally Bobby was to come home in mid-late January, but God worked his magic allowing Bobby to be with me during this difficult time. We put in for him to have extended leave, and though it was not under the best circumstances, Bobby is able to stay home with me for the duration of his deployment. We are so thankful for that. It's such a blessing to have him here with me. This is not an easy situation, and I would never wish it upon anyone, but having Bobby by my side makes all the difference in the world. If you are so unfortunate to experience something like this, I encourage you to find your own Bobby Hull, whoever that might be, and hold on tight to him/her, because it is people like Bobby that can make such situations 10x easier.

It's funny....Bobby and I are always joking how he's so lucky, and I'm so unlucky...and it really is true (just ask my best friend Kari). So I said to him, "Here's my luck again...something like this would never happen to you," and then Bobby said, "But this is happening to me...it's happening to us...and we're in this together." And it's things as simple as that, that make he so glad to have him during this time. We're in this together, along with great family and friends. We've been overwhelmed with support, and I want to thank everyone for that. It means the world to us.

It's strange that we started our journey worrying about Bobby going overseas...thinking it was him we would be having to worry about. Who know that the real danger was right here at home. We're in for a fight, and I'm glad to have everyone by my side. I may start my own Caring Bridge Blog...if we ever get some freaking answers from the doctors. We'll see.

Psalm 27:3 Though an army besiege me, my heart will not fear; though war break out against me, even then will I be confident.

Psalm 27:13-14 3 I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD.