Sorry for such a long silence! I DO have every intention of posting a bit more often than I have in the past three’ish weeks. Unfortunately, a lot has been happening in the Swan household. My sweet husband, Rich, had surgery on Nov. 8th to remove an enlarged lymph node from his neck for a biopsy, and he was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma the next day. Also known as Hodgkin’s Disease, it is a blood cancer. Needless to say, since then our days have been filled with Dr. appointments too numerous to count. He underwent many tests, including a bone marrow biopsy, in order for his oncologist to determine what stage his cancer is in. That was finally confirmed this past Tuesday, and we now know he is in stage 2a. This means that he will go through 4 months of chemotherapy, followed by about 4 weeks of radiation. We begin chemo on Wednesday; Rich is eager to try out the handy new port that they put in his chest!
These next few months won’t be easy ones, but we are confident that they will be GOOD ones. We know we are not walking through this alone. We are immensely thankful for the many, many people who have been praying for us. God is good and we are so blessed.
I’m attaching a picture of Rich. This is his “Oh man, she’s at it again….” look. He bought me a new camera for my birthday last month, and I was playing around with it. What a cutie!!!
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