Prayers for Poppy Please

[Rson]

Well, July has proven to be wonderful as usual

Our baby died in July 2005....While we were in Hospital my cat was in kitty ICU, she had to be put down a few days later. (incidentally it cost more for the cat than it did to bury my daughter)

Now this year my father in law is in the hospital with lung/blood cancer that has come back. Previously he has fought off stage 4 lung cancer with chemo, radiation and a lung removal.

A Simple prayer for Poppy please.


www.reiersonfamily.com is our blog.

[Jenny Z]

Prayers said for your family.

[Lexie]

I'm sorry! Saying prayers for your family.

[ShutteredEye]

Sending prayers for peace.

[ttusa]

I'm sending my prayers also.

[kdloftis]

My prayers are with you.

[Howard Barlow]

Prayers for Poppy and family.

[janetg]

ask and it shall be given...prayers sent your way..

[David_3]

Prayers sent.

[mccls1030]

Prayers on the way!

[Orogeny]

You got it.

Tim

[Rson]

From our blog www.reiersonfamily.com


Yesterdays broncoscopy thing was rough. Poppy was completely knocked out this time. His reservations and initial "no" came from the trauma of the first one. I had no idea, i just thought he was being stubborn ( not completely off track for him), but apparently during the last one he wasn't given enough medicine and woke up while they had the camera down his throat, completely freaked out. So now i don't blame him for his initial "no", he wasn't being stubborn just human. So this time he had loads of lovely drugs and was woozy and a lot of fun. They took 3 pieces of lung (eww) and were to return today with some news.

So today when mom called, I will say i was ready for the worst. I spent last night crying with Rick over a bottle of the fancy Italian wine he brought home last week. ( SO FREAKING YUMMY by the way...however not exactly the right pairing for blueberry pancakes and fruit. Next time I ordered a steak:) ) So i wasn't at all prepared for it being inconclusive...again followed by WTF!

When they went in yesterday they couldn't get all the way through is airways with the camera. There was so much scarring and 'something' in the way so they just took what they could. The 3 pieces they got didn't show to have any cancer cells BUT when you add his history, pain,plus his higher than average white count, and the random bleeding ( signs his blood marrow is shutting down) they can't say it isn't further down in the lung where they couldn't see.
So what does this mean...basically he is still in the hospital and we still don't know what is going on.
A rock and a hard place.
A death sentence on one hand and uncertainty in the other. I'm not sure what is worse. Poppy is frustrated beyond belief and so ready to be at home.

I'm still waiting to hear from mom when the other doctors come in. Lots of 'ologists' , lungs heart, cancer doctors, they have to have a meeting of the minds and figure out what to do now, now that they still don't know anything.

More tests are in order and more waiting. Hopefully we will know something soon...keep praying. I believe that miracles happen all the time and 11 years ago he was told he wouldn't live to see Christmas so there is no reason to believe he won't do it again.

[Photoholic]

I'll keep you in my thoughts and prayers