The Day Our Life Changed Forever

     I've decided after many different things that a blog is the easiest way to keep everyone informed and clear my mind at the same time.  I will start by giving a brief history of the last few months.  Ken had been feeling ill for awhile but the doctor thought it was his diabetes.   However, after watching him dizzy walk from his car one day I accompanied him to the doctor.  She scheduled blood tests and discovered that his hemoglobin was 7 and he need a transfusion.  We were sent to a blood specialist afterwards because the thinking was he had a blood disorder.  Upon examination the doctor said he heard a hollow sound but said only 20% of the time was it anything serious.  So, for a week I did my cheerlearder interpretation that everything would be fine.  The first few moments of the next doctor visit will forever live in my mind.  He walked in and said "I have bad news, it's cancer, incurable kidney cancer".  At that point I heard nothing else, the room began spinning and I kept begging to be woke up from a bad dream.  Finally, I asked the doctor to give us a few minutes because nothing was processing.  Ken and I spent a few minutes together crying and trying to make sense of it all.  The doctor returned and scheduled our next few days with tests.  Luckily, he only had spots on his lungs and the tumor in his kidney and no place else.  He underwent another transfusion and the removal of a nerf football tumor which included the removal of his left kidney.  Last Saturday he started oral chemo which he will take the rest of his life. They have made alot of advancements in kidney cancer over the last five years so luckily there are several different types.  We changed from the original choice after finding his heart is beating a little slow for some reason, cardiologist scheduled in August.  He has had an up and down week with side affects and just when we think our night parties are over, suprise!
     I want to thank everyone for the calls, texts and emails.  It seems just when I think I'm going to break I receive one.  We both can't express how loved we feel.  With all the struggles we still feel blessed in many ways.
     Just a side note since I live in a fog most days no comments on spelling or punctuation!

Living For Today,
Christina