Leaning on the Everlasting Arms

This week, we received some news. It seemed like something to share with our community of friends and prayer warriors. But first, some rejoicing!

Lovely Lyra

Our pup is settling in well, thanks to our wonderful dog trainer, Kaitlyn Shamery. She is learning so many things – including getting closer with her cat-brothers!

Despite a few moments of frustration, we’ve been able to adapt our space to suit our pet’s needs and she’s happily resting in her crate now after a puppy play date with Andrew’s parent’s dog. She’s conveniently nearby, and also energetic.

Homeownership

What a whirlwind of moving pieces! We thought we were almost moved in before, but more and more things are popping up, and we’re amazed at how quickly we’ve run out of spaces. Homeownership is no joke, but we’re grateful and will keep plugging away.

This week’s big challenge was bookcases. We finally ordered them last week, which made this week an assembly line of bookcases. All FIVE are set up and ready to hold our extensive combined book collections.

And the News…

What we had been led to believe by our cancer doctor was that we’d have one 15 minute session of radiology, they’d “zap” the nodule in his lung, and there’d be no side effects and no further concern of cancer growing there.

Imagine our disappointment when radiology shared it would be multiple visits, and they’re not comfortable performing radiation without actually knowing what the nodule is. They’re recommending a biopsy (and we’re moving forward with a new cancer doctor).

There’s a possibility this nodule could be some type of non-cancerous fungus that grows in the lung, it could be lung cancer, it could be testicular cancer, or it could be any number of other things. In order to perform radiation, they’d need to know what they’re treating. Makes sense, right? Maybe radiation isn’t even the right way to go, maybe the chemo we went through wasn’t even the right option in the first place! But let’s not dwell there.

SO. Now we meet with some new people to discern if we want to go the invasive or the less invasive way with the biopsy. They can do a little poke at the nodule and test it that way, or they could go in and remove it (who knows how, with it being inside the lung!)

All of this to say, we’re not done yet. There’s still more to learn, and there’s more healing to be done in Andrew’s body. In the midst of this, we have stress, of course. But we’re learning more and more to lean on the everlasting arms of our good Father.