Thursday, November 27, 2008

Happy Thanksgiving

Nov 27 – HAPPY THANKSGIVING! We hope that everyone had a wonderful day with family and are thankful for health and happiness! We had the family over for Thanksgiving dinner and had a great day eating too much.
The last couple of weeks have been very difficult ones for us. Dixie’s Mom was diagnosed with Cancer. It all started just over a month ago with some pain in her right side and a ‘hard spot’. After 2 weeks of doctoring, the testing started. She went through an ultra sound, CT scan and a liver biopsy all within a weeks’ time. We found out last Tue that the tumor is on her bile duct covering a large portion of the right lobe of the liver. This week she will have an upper endoscope. This is being done to determine the actual type of cancer – Bile Duct cancer which is a rare cancer or if it originated elsewhere. We meet again with the oncologist this Thursday to find out the results and treatment options. Keep us in your prayers!
We did make it to Leavenworth, KS to visit with Brandon, Katherine, Bailey & Nicholas the weekend of the 14th. Once again flying was not fun! It took all day to get there and another all dayer to get back. Mike, Brandon and the boys took in the Texas Longhorn & Kansas football game and had a great time. The weather was a bit chilly but they bundled up!