Results

The pathology report came back- benign! No evidence of cancer!! Thank you God! And thank you to all of you praying for Nate and our family.  Once again, we are hoping you don't hear anything on this blog for a long time!

Surgery

Nate had surgery today to remove his right thyroid.  The surgery was successful, nothing was outside of the nodules or odd looking. The pathology report should be back by the end of the week. (To find out if cancer is present or not.)  Nate came home in the afternoon, very sleepy and having some pain.  He was told he might need to miss 7-10 days of work.  If you know Nate he said, um I doubt that, I'll be back this week.  😉  Please pray for minimal pain and a quick recovery.  Please pray the kids aren't too crazy and I can keep them occupied while Nate recovers this week. Also pray the results come back cancer free.

We are grateful to all who have been praying for our family, who sent messages and for those who cared for our kids today.  Our truck battery quit the evening before the surgery.  Our friends who watched the kids changed the battery for us so Nate doesn't have to worry about it.  We are thankful for all of you.  The minutes of waiting in the conference room to hear from the Dr after surgery was probably the worst part for me. (I know many of you have sat in surgery waiting rooms.) All the horrible worst case scenarios ran thru my head, the questions of why is the Dr taking so long? Why did the lady who brought me in this room look so sober? What if, what if, what if.  It was just me sending up help us prayers, pacing the room, and feeling like I was going to be sick. And then sending up a THANK YOU prayer when the surgeon gave me a thumbs up and a smile before he was even in the room with me.

I am so impressed by Nate.  He handles all of this with such strength and grace.

We are praying this thyroid surgery will be a small blip in the big scheme of things and our family can get back to the amazing gift of a mundane, "normal" existence.