Knocked the wind out of everyone’s sails


Several days ago I posted about a family friend who was taken by Medivac aircraft off Shemya Island and brought back to Anchorage to Providence Hospital.  While in the emergency room he was told he had colon cancer and later that night I put him on an Alaska Airlines flight to Seattle and then Orlando Florida so he could return home to be with his family and see his family doctor.

After several days waiting to hear anything my brother in law received a call from his brother who said he had seen a doctor and was starting his medical treatment . . . exactly what that is or means right now is still up in the air for us but our prayers are with him and his family.

His diagnosis is stage IV colon cancer which has spread into his liver.  This was a shock to all of us as the thinking was he may have an ulcer or some other stomach disorder.  He has had no pain or symptoms until it started several days before going back out to the island.

We can only be positive and feel that our prayers have power and our faith is once again tested.  It is strange how things happen as I was re-watching “Remember the Titans” on television last night when I get the phone call telling me what was found out.  The phone rang not ten seconds after one of my favorite “life experience” lines were spoken . . . “Sometime Life’s Just Hard . . . for no reason at all.”

A reminder for us all to not take anything for granted.

Ice

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jeanmac said…
Amen to that,Ice.
8:13 PM
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