It has been an emotional last few days for Scotty and myself. Monday marked the anniversary of the day he first went to the doctor, and today marks the anniversary of the day he was diagnosed with staged Testicular Cancer... sending us off on a journey of the scariest, most live-changing months of our lives.
I thought it would be a perfect day to let you know how great Super Scotty is doing! The last time I wrote, the doctors, after much collaboration, decided that they would not operate to remove all the "residual disease," but instead monitor him closely on the belief that it was scar tissue. At first he had to go monthly to get his blood checked, with every other month getting scanned, to see if there was any change. After the first few appointments, it was evident that the doctors had made the right decision. Not only were his blood markers coming back perfect (and a little better each time) his "residual disease" seemed to be shrinking! We did have a scare in February when the scan came up blurry in an area near his damaged kidney. His oncologist told us there was a chance it was teratoma and if so, that he would have to have it removed. He wanted him to come back on Monday for an MRI. After holding our breath for a few hours after his MRI appointment, Scotty got the news that everything was fine. Since then the doctor has spread out his appointments due to the great results, and he now goes every other month for blood work, and every other appointment he gets scanned. He's due to go in for both on Friday, July 13th. We're not really superstitious, but I think he will be moving it up or back a week... just to be safe....
I hope you are all enjoying spring and that you are happy and healthy. As we've learned this past year, life is short so enjoy every moment and be grateful for everything. We are grateful... we are grateful for health, for happiness, and that you are all a part of our lives.
Peace & love,
Super Scotty & Jax
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