No, this post isn't all about Sydney! Unlike all of my others!
I just wanted to let everyone know about something that was going on in our lives so I don't have to tell that many people over and over, or if you just want details but are afraid to ask...here ya go. Brennan had a major oral surgery scheduled for Thursday, November 20th. Well, I don't know if some of you have ever noticed, but Brennan always sounds like he has a cold or something wrong with his voice. Well, I really feel like I was prompted to make him an appointment with our Ear, Nose, and Throat Dr. We went in and they put a camera down his nose to look at his throat. With this special camera they could tell something was wrong. There was a white mass/growth that looked like pollups growing on one side of his vocal cords. I say pollups because that is the best way I can think to explain them. Anyway, the Ear, Nose, & Throat Dr. seemed concerned about them and mentioned that if Brennan were an old man or a smoker, he, (Dr. Gillihan) would be convinced it was cancer. Yet, since Brennan is neither of those things, he wanted to do a biopsy right away. Two days later, Brennan had the surgery to check it out.
Anyway, last Friday, Nov. 7th, Brennan had the biopsy done on his vocal cords. He also had a surgery on his nose. (During the process of looking at his throat, they realized that Brennan has never been able to breath out of his nose due to a deviated septum, or in otherwords the cartilage in the nose. This could be fixed in a quick surgery so we opted to complete these two tasks at the same time. So it was a long day.)
Anyway, Wednesday, (yesterday) was the follow-up appointment to find out about the biopsy and get the splints removed from his nose. On a positive note, Brennan can breathe WONDERFULLY through his nose. Unfortunately, we found out that Brennan has cancer on his vocal cords. The name of it is laryngeal cancer. We are doing pretty good with the news now, but Brennan has 8 weeks of Radiation Therapy coming up. They will have to do it five days a week for 8 weeks straight. We were able to be "squeezed" into a 2-3 hour appointment today with his new Radiation doctor, so we will be finding out more specific details as to how this is going to work. Also, he is getting a catscan as I write this, so everything is moving forward. Cancer. It is a weird and difficult label to have to try and put in our heads. My husband has cancer. Wow, that sounds so odd to put in a sentence together.
Anyway, I will post more as we learn more. We would appreciate any prayers!
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Hang in there....our thoughts and prayers are with you. Carrie
Thanks for the updates! We love you guys! If anyone can tough through this, it's you & Brennan!
I'm so glad that you followed through with that prompting to take him to the ENT Dr. Our prayers are with you right now!
Hi, I just randomly found your blog on the Albuquerque blogosphere on my Feedjit, and I just wanted to tell you, my prayers are certainly with you right now. Cancer is all too familiar to us too, right now. I pray your husband makes a speedy and full recovery!!!
Wow Ashley- that is crazy. I pray you guys have the answers and comfort you need when you need them. You will be in my prayers.
Hey hunney!! Way to listen to the Spirit girl! Ryan and I will be praying for yall. And I know I'm lame-o for not calling back. I will as soon as I get a new battery that last longer than 3 min.
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