Fall Update

I think it's time for an update. The very cold weather is telling us that summer is quite over. This past weekend we spent some time "winterizing" the house - trying to save some money on heat this winter! The first weekend in October, our friends, The Stefanski's were here for a visit (all the way from Arizona). We had such a nice time with them.
Chris has been enjoying his job and feeling quite well lately. He had not been sleeping well because of the pain, but he's doing much better now. He went to see his radiation oncologist yesterday to review the scans that he had done about a week ago. They noted that the one spot in his back that they were watching (that previous to this had been shrinking) has grown a bit. They want to do a needle biopsy and it has been scheduled for 11/3. There is a chance that it could be scar tissue, but the likelihood is that it is tumor tissue. If this is the case, they will do Cyberknife radiation again. Since it is very small, he will need just 3 treatment days. It's discouraging, but we knew that there was possibly live tumor there (since they were conservative in treating that spot due to the desire to not injure some healthy structures in that area) and kept watching it. This summer was very hard on Chris - stressful with the job search and the fact that he never seemed to be able to get any sleep with all the pain. I think his body needs a little more TLC to stay healthy! Please pray about this if you think of us. This is not shattering but rather concerning. Thank you for all of your love and concern for us.