Thursday, January 17, 2008

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Cancer. It is a horrible word. Probably worse then the F*@! bomb. Unfortunately we had to hear this word today. I never in a million years could have seen this curve ball. The doctor tried to convince us that it is not such a bad word, but who is he kidding.

There was a cyst on Ryan's kidney, which is very common. The cyst was studied and they concluded it is multilocular cystic renal cell carcinoma aka cancer. You are probably asking why did they not test this first. According to the surgeon, a good percent of people have cysts, so they were not surprised when they saw it. The cyst was removed before the kidney was put into Neal, however there could still be some remaining on the kidney. We are both going to meet the oncologist to talk further. Luckily Les' brother is a doctor and had just recently read an article about this same case. What we know is that it is extremely rare and does not spread aggressively. Ryan's other kidney looks good, but he will need to have some further follow up. As of right now, Neal is scheduled to have surgery again tomorrow for a partial nephrectomy. They do not believe this will affect Neal long term, it is simply another bump in the road. The kidney should remain working after the partial nephrectomy. They also think Ryan will be just fine. The cancer is rare, but since it is not aggressive many people never even know they have it. The doctor stated that if Ryan had not donated his kidney, he may have never known he had this type of cancer. Neal should still be home by next week and Ryan should be home in the next day or two.

Ok so again I ask why. Neal has been through enough and we do not want to drag Ryan and Leslie into this mess. I just want them to get to move on with there life and not have any effects from this. It has soaked in now and we are feeling optimistic, but it is a bit much.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Congrats on your awesome recovery. You look good!! May all of you be blessed with Gods love 4 ever!!!

Anonymous said...

I am so sorry for the complication. Zach and I will keep praying. Perhaps Neal saved Ryan's life too. Cindy

Anonymous said...

Sorry to hear guys. Hang in there. It has to be over soon!!

Dave

Anonymous said...

M & N -
I'm one of Stacy's friends - we met briefly at one of her shindigs. Wanted to send along my heartfelt prayers and good wishes. You two are some seriously brave and resilient characters. I mentioned that maybe Neil's new birthday should be 1/15/08. This is just another roadblock that you'll handle with grace and come out winning once again.
- Monique

Anonymous said...

Sorry to hear about the bump in the road. I hope that's all it truly is. Too much good has happened already for this not continue down the right path. I'm keeping y'all in my prayers.
cheryl

Anonymous said...

It isn't fair! But then, life is not always fair. Sounds like this procedure is to make sure there are no more bumps in the road. We hope so. We will continue to pray. Hang in there. Think of it as one good turn deserves another. I agree, Neal may have also saved Ryan. Again, we will pray for all of you. Love, Aunt Betty and Uncle Roger

Anonymous said...

I am so sorry to hear this. But, thankfully this was discovered now for the both of them.

We will continue to keep you both in our thoughts and prayers.

Suzy