As we sat at the airport on Sunday, watching planes take off and land, I reached over, slid my hand into Michael’s, and let the weight of everything that’s happened over the past two months wash over us.  This is our new adventure.  I spoke barely over a whisper. He squeezed my hand and nodded as we let the words hang over the myriads of emotions and unspoken thoughts.  Adventure seems to be a strange word to navigate cancer treatment - after all, it’s definitely not one we w

Steve Martin was a favorite of my dad's (and something Michael and I shared with him), so when I think of traveling more than a quick beach trip down to Florida, I think of this silly title. Although we hope to avoid trains - and the fiascos of that ridiculous movie - we will be leaving for Mexico on Sunday. After a few weeks of prayer and over a dozen consultations later, Michael chose to receive treatment at the Immunity Therapy Center. We had one door after another close,

After discovering that it's metastasized to his lungs, we were told this type of cancer often shows up in the brain next. As you can imagine, we were very relieved to get back his MRI results today (March 30th), Michael's scan was clear and cancer has not spread to the brain, praise God. What's next? We want to follow wherever the Lord leads us, knowing and trusting that He is the ultimate Healer and can use many different means to bring about total healing. We know that no d

In mid-March of this year, Michael underwent an orchiectomy to remove a malignant tumor. Initially, pathology looked good and the doctors believed the aggressive testicular cancer had been fully contained and removed. However, a CT scan performed shortly after the surgery revealed that the cancer had already metastasized to his lungs. And while his bloodwork and tumor markers have improved post-surgery, his hCG levels remain well above the normal range. Following surgery, his