An Update on Greg's Mom

First, I just want to thank all of you who have been so great and supportive during all of this. We've appreciated all the thoughts, prayers, and phone calls, as well as hearing other people's experiences with cancer and how it has affected their lives. All of that has really helped us a lot, so thank you SO much.

Well, we thought we would hear back on Sheila's lab results last week, but I guess things took longer than expected, so we didn't hear back until last night. The polyps they biopsied all came back as being malignant, and they classified her as having Stage 3 Colon Cancer (Stage 4 is the worst). Greg's brother, Jeff (the doctor), said that on paper, things look pretty bad and based on just that, he wouldn't give her great odds. However, he participated in the blessing Greg's dad gave her the night of her surgery, where Greg's dad said she would "recover fully from this," and Jeff said the spirit was so strong during it that he is really hopeful. So we are all trying to exercise our faith right now and just pray that things turn out okay. At this point, we don't know if the cancer has spread anywhere else, but we will find out within the next week or so after she goes to a specialist in Pocatello. I assume that once they know exactly what the cancer is doing and where it is moving, they will decide on chemotherapy at that point.

Well, I will keep the blog updated as we find out more, but hopefully in the meantime, I can also start posting about our crazy family again! I'm sure you've all been missing that greatly... Ha ha! A huge THANK YOU again for all your support - we've appreciated it so much. -Ash