This week my family received a Christmas gift of the happiest sort.
A little background story- My family has been affected entirely too much by cancer. My Grandpa died from Lymphoma and I witnessed my Mom struggle with a very late stage breast cancer. I remember on multiple occasions walking in her room and seeing her so sick and lifeless that I thought she had died. Thankfully, she fought hard and beat it.
With that said, we were scared when we found out last summer that my Dad had Prostate cancer. We waited for a while and last week Dad finally had his radical prostate removal surgery (where they go through your abdomen) at UCLA medical center and had it removed. We heard back today from UCLA that his Pathology report came back with clear margins and with clean lymph nodes!
I couldn’t think of a better gift this Christmas than to know that the people we love are healthy and blessed.
Way to kick cancer in the butt, Dad! Amelia-Jayne is so lucky to have you as her “Pappi!”
We love you!
Miranda,
ReplyDeleteThank you for your special tribute to Mom and I. We are eternally grateful to you, your family and to all of your bothers and their families. All of you are your Mom's and my greatest blessings. We are grateful to Our Heavenly Father for all of these blessings.
We love you all and are very proud of you!!!
Thanks again for being so special!!!
With Great Eternal Love,
Mom and Dad Arnold