Yeah, so... I've had a pretty long week.
My father got a positive result back from the doctor. But in this case, positive is really very negative:
My daddy has cancer.
So, I'm kind of scared, as any normal child would be. We were told from the beginning that this was a very treatable kind of cancer though. It's cervical (with a long 'i' sound, and not a thing to do with the cervix. My father doesn't have one of those). It started about two years ago. He found some lumps on the side of his neck, and went to a doctor right away. He was then referred to Dr Nasen at the Health Science Centre, who happens to be the best oncologist in Manitoba. Dr Nasen removed the lumps from dad's left side. The biopsy came up negative - they were benign. Unusual, but benign.
He's had follow up appointments with Dr Nasen every few months since, and the good doctor decided that he was all good - but he'd take a look at the lumps on the other side first, just to be sure. And lo and behold, those ones had kind of melded together, or something. And those ones were cancerous.
So, now dad has a team of doctors. They've got a plan: Remove the rest of the tumour. And then, if it's spread, radiation. And I'm praying for him. So... that's gotta count for something, right?
I trust both the doctors, and God to get my daddy through this. <3
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