Nick's Cancer

So, in the efforts of keeping this blog an on-line diary for Lilah, I will blog about Nick's cancer. Nick originally started having uhhh -- problems towards the end of September. When we moved home, he went to see a doctor who diagnosed him as having an infection. When antibotics didn't work, Nick had blood work drawn and the truth came out. (Um, excuse the pun there.... )

Nick had surgery the last week in October, and two weeks after his surgery his blood levels were still elevated. Coupled with a "positive" CT scan, he is slated to start chemotherapy. We meet with the chemotherapist tomorrow, and we're assuming he will start the week of Thanksgiving.

Meanwhile, thank you to our friends and family who have stepped in and helped us through the surgery and countless hours of Lilah-sitting. Thank you all for the well-wishes and prayers! Here are a couple of our favorite messages forwarded to us:

From our Jewish friends: "We are sending prayers (the Jewish kind) your way."

From a song lyric: "Don't worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying is about effective as trying to solve an alegbra equation by chewing bubble gum. The real trouble is in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind; the kind the blind-side you at 4pm on some idle Tuesday afternoon."

From our brother-in-law: "You and Heather have a good track record for taking on adventures and challenges and not only surviving, but somehow thriving and then blogging about it."


Much love to you all!