A VERY Emotional Day!

Today is one of those days that I hope I NEVER have to relive. I was at work this a.m. and the doctor's office called me. The secretary said that Dr. G wanted me to come in and I needed to bring Dalton. She said I needed to come now.

Needless to say, I was very emotional. I rememebered that JDD had a chest xray the week before last and realized on my way home that they must have seen something, something bad, or they would not call us both to come in.

When we got there, we were told that basically when Dr. G read the xray she saw nothing. However, the radiologist saw a mass in the right lung in the upper lobe. I cannot even beging to describe the pain I felt. My precious baby boy.

She told us that the Medical College of GA (in Augusta) was expecting us and we needed to get Jackson and go straight there. She went on to tell us that it could be so many different things, possibly nothing, but we needed another xray. Then, that dreaded "C" word, cancer came up. She also said that she already had him on the schedule to be admitted tomorrow for a whole series of testing which would require that he be put to sleep.

We went and got JDD and headed to Augusta. We both cried and prayed a LOT on the way over. Word spreads fast in a small town and before we were even out of the county, texts were coming in saying that we were being prayed for. Thank you Father for friends who believe in prayer.

Dalton has a friend who is a pediatric radiologist and he called him on the way. He worked at MCG and knew everyone that we were about to encounter. He did make us feel a little better and said he wanted the xrays emailed to him so he could be certain we had a proper diagnosis.

By the time we arrived at MCG, I had a peace about the entire situation. I knew God was in control. I prayed that the mass would be GONE. Not something that would be easily treated but GONE. I continously reminded myself that God gave Jackson to us and he belonged to Him and he was going to be ok.

He was great for the xrays. Dalton asked the tech who would be reading the xray and could he speak with her. He also went on to say that he was great friends with Richard Martin, a former resident there, who they all knew. Well, that is all it took! We were told that we would wait 3-4 hours on the xray results to be read. The dr. came in and read it right then. And to God be the Glory ~ IT WAS GONE!!!

She said that what was showing in the first xray was more than likely a partially collapsed lung. He is fine.

The emotional roller coaster has worn me out!!! After we found out that he was in fact ok, I then cried in relief. Then, I cried for all the parents who did not get good news today, or even worse, lost their child.

We are so blessed. God is so good. We are so thankful.

Amber

p.s. Let's pray for those others who did not get news today...I cannot get that out of my head. One phone call, one second of a day ~ can so easily and so quickly change your life...forever.