ULOG #12: Cancer Scare

My adopted father had surgery last week to remove a mass from his colon that was the size of a baseball and entwined with a few of his organs. (I’m not a doctor so I can’t really provide specifics on that one.)

The man is incredible but has had so many health problems the past few years that we are scared we will soon lose him. He’s a fighter and sticks around for his wife and his grandkids. His grandkids would definitely be lost without their Pawpaw.

He got through surgery alright even though it was hours longer than it should have been because they didn’t know previously that the mass was quite so large. My sister and mother waited for him in the surgery waiting room for hours, on their knees for most of it praying.

Surgery Results

When the doctor finally emerged, he told them that Dad made it through surgery fine but they were unable to remove the entire mass so they were testing it for cancer. The doctor was confident that Dad had colon cancer and would need to seek treatment immediately.

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A few days later, the test results came back….. NO CANCER! My family had prayed and stressed over the results for days, but Dad never did. He told us that whatever God had planned for him was ok by him and was meant to be.

I think myself to be a faithful person but I’m not sure I could resign myself to my fate as easily as he did that day in the hospital.

He is home and resting now after a stressful week in the hospital. The grandkids are chomping at the bit to see him but they haven’t been allowed in yet because he’s still hooked up to machines and he doesn’t want to scare them.

Life’s Blessings

We are incredibly blessed that he is home finally and doesn’t have cancer. We are blessed to have more time with him and we are blessed to even have such a great man in our lives.

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Dad was an Army Ranger and spent 20 years breaking his body so that we could be free. The man deserves the world but has settled for a small plot of land in the mountains where he can live the rest of his days in peace.

I know I’m biased but nothing and no one has done more for their community than he has. He is a blessing to those around him for sure.

He helped me to find a family when I didn’t always feel part of my birth family and accepted me when I couldn’t accept myself.

Anyway, we had a cancer scare for a few days but we were blessed in such an incredible way because it was only a scare and he can heal from the surgery and play with his grandkids again soon!

Thanks for reading,

Ivy

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