Finally!

We heard from MD Anderson today. The point of origin for the malignancy is the adrenal gland. There is a long name for the diagnosis, but we have decided not to publish it. With all due respect, there are already a lot of rumors going around about Al's condition. In fact, I heard yesterday that he needed a kidney transplant. That is absolutely not true as is a lot of the other things I've heard. For that reason, I don't want people "googling" his diagnosis and coming up with their own prognosis. I personally will not search Web MD or any other medical sites for information. I'm not ready for that.

I also did not ask the nurse that delivered the diagnosis for any prognosis. I did not ask what stage the cancer is in or what to expect when we got to Houston. We have a friend that is currently going through his own battle with cancer and he gave us some great advice. He said, don't read too much into what stage the cancer is in. The higher the stage simply means that the treatment has to be more aggressive. I've had people come up to me and say that Al is in stage 4. I don't know where that started, but we have not been told that.

Our next step is appointments with a pulmonologist, endroconologist and his head team doctor in Houston. They are currently working on these appointments. The initial timing for this is up to two weeks! Please pray for a quicker time frame.

Al is in great spirits, a little weak but hanging in there. His blood work this week was good. His right leg is a little red indicating a possible infection. They have extended his antibiotics to treat the leg. Everything else appears stable.

It appears that we are at the starting blocks again. I'm ready for this race to begin!

Thank you for all the kind words and prayers. They mean the world to us.

In the meantime, Coco is enjoying having her daddy home: