Update #29

Hello all, 

Its been a while since the last post on here. Everything has been going so well, Robs health is definitely on the up and up. We have known ever since he was first diagnosed (1 year and almost 5 months ago, can you believe it has been that long?!) that he would need to have surgery to remove some/all of the cancer, and it hasn't been until this point that that a surgery finally happened. Like we heard back in August, the mass in his retroperitoneal cavity (stomach) that is slowly shrinking is still not an option to surgically remove because it is still wrapped around different organs. We pray that it will continue to shrink, so that surgery for that may happen in the future. The doctors haven't even dared to guesstimate a time for that; it will be a unbelievable moment when the time comes for that.

The surgery that happened this past Monday was something that the doctors have planned since day one, but didn't seem to be a big deal until a lot of Rob's other health issues were resolved. Because it still showed to be cancerous, Rob underwent a left Inguinal Orchiectomy and Kidney stent exchange, which altogether sounds super fancy, but was just a day surgery. We're thankful to say it all went well and as expected. Rob will likely take the next number of weeks to recuperate, but we are both very glad to have that behind us now. We are both eagerly looking forward to starting/finding work and resuming that part of 'normal' life! There are obviously more scans/appointments ahead of us, but we are so thankful to our heavenly Father to be at this point in our lives.