Back in March, when Scott and I were on our honeymoon, we noticed that one of Scott's lymph nodes was enlarged. He had been sick on the honeymoon with some weird hepatitis, but by the time we got back into the USA his labs were all somewhat normal, his liver was no longer enlarged, and he was no longer jaundice. The only thing left was his big lymph node. In Tulsa he went to our family practice Dr who referred him to an Ear, Nose & Throat specialist. They ran various lab tests on him and tried different antibiotics.
Upon moving to New Orleans we had to wait for my insurance to kick in so he could go to an ENT here. They tried more antibiotics first and then did a biopsy to try and rule out lymphoma. The biopsy came back inconclusive because they couldn't get enough cells. Then we tried a CT scan. That didn't give us anything new to worry about, it just showed that the lymph node is "ring enhancing" - meaning it's getting too big to have enough blood supply and the middle of it is dying. So, out the big lymph node must come. Today.
Please pray that everything goes smoothly. He has one of the best doctors in the city we've been told, which is comforting. I'll keep you all updated.
P.S. The doc's name is really Dr. Butcher. Dr. Butcher II. How much do you love that?!
2 comments:
Oh my goodness, we will definitely be praying for you! I can't believe his surgeon's name is Dr. Butcher. That is too much! Jessica Young
Good luck ... praying! (Mainly about his surgeon's name and choice of occupation -- ?!?!) Seriously - hope everything goes smoothly, let us know! Miss you guys
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