Friday, March 11, 2016

'Cause I'm B-M-T!

Please, channel your inner-metalhead and chant this with me:
Oy!
Oy!
Oy!
....'cause I'm B-M-T
DYNO-MITE!
B. M. T.

Thank you AC/DC for defining "badass" throughout my high-schoolhood. This little blast of creativity has helped offer up a more fun way of starting this post than what I've been feeling: "Sucks to suck."

So, anyway, you guys - here's the update you've all been waiting for and I'll cut right to the point:

The hematologist-oncologist and the team of immuno-hematologists have all recommended that Dan have a bone marrow transplant within the next three months.

Yep.

Did you just feel sucker-punched? A blow to the gut?

Because that's how I have been feeling. Our doctor (Dr. McCoy - hematologist-oncologist) gave her recommendation to us 2 weeks ago, and the immuno-team last week. And in spite of all that talk a few weeks ago about being detached from the outcome, I just have had a hard time grappling with this.

Truth of it all: I don't want it. I don't want the 5 days of chemo so intense that it decimates your system. I don't want the month-long hospital stay while we wait to see if Dan's body will accept the new life-force. I don't want the 100 days of in-home care he'll need. I don't want the year of waiting. The second year of waiting. I don't want the anxiety and worry and helplessness that I feel right now to continue for all that time.

I do want healing for Dan; I do want a cure for Dan. But I don't want him to have to endure all of that. I want Jesus to come right now and take it all away. Honestly, right now, I don't even know what to ask for in prayer.

Ok.

So, there's all of that. It's been hard for Dan coming to terms that should everything go well - the recommendation is for him to spend two years not working with livestock.

[yeah. another sucker punch.]

I think that's what makes this all so hard - knowing the risks, and the waiting - and that it will change your life no matter the outcome - makes it really hard to just say, "Ok!" Let's do it tomorrow!

But, every week that we meet with our doctor, we are reminded that this is waiting in the wings, so I guess it's time we let all of you in on the plan, too. 

4 comments:

Unknown said...

Obviously we will continue to keep both of you in our prayers. Please let us know if we can help in any way when ever a need arises.

Unknown said...

As a friend of your parents through the Gideons, Jessica and Dan, we continue to pray for you weekly. May you experience a peace that only our Heavenly Father can provide. Cindy and Vince Taylor

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pjcolando said...

Blast and double blast.

Another AC/DC line comes to mind: "Dirty deeds done dirt cheap"

It's difficult to see beyond the devil doing these deeds to Dan the good man.

God asks us to be honest with Him, expressing all fears and doubts. We pray for His favor for you and Dan, among His most ardent worshipers, in the annals with Job.

We love you and hold you close to our hearts. So glad that we got to be with you for several hours. May God bless you and keep you until we meet again.