One More Leg

Why, one more leg? Harry and I have been coasting a little on this journey for the past month and a half. It's been a welcomed rest from chemo and doctor visits. However that changed yesterday. Still no chemo, but Harry had surgery on his left leg.

You may recall that about a year and a half ago, Harry had surgery on his right hip to rebuild what cancer had eatened away. This time a PET scan revealed cancer on his left femur that was doing some damage and creating the potential for that bone to break. It was only God that it did not break with all the walking we did in New Orleans last month. Surgery to repair is more difficult than surgery to prevent.

His doctor said it's rare that the disease is detected that far away from the upper body where it began without pain. (Harry had no pain in his leg.) The miracle is that his oncologist saw it in the first place. It was on the edge of the scan.

So to prevent breakage, yesterday doctors inserted a rod inside his femur. They also removed the tumor and cleaned that area, sending it off to pathology. We will know in a couple of weeks the condition of the tumor (active or inactive). Harry said this surgery has caused him to experience the worse pain yet since he's been on this journey. The doctors will not release him from the hospital until they get it under control. Hopefully, he can go home tomorrow.

Enduring first
physical therapy

Please pray the pain will subside. It's been difficult to watch him suffer through this. Also, pray that the pathology report will yield good news. And finally pray for the next step--more radiation. The doctors want to make sure there are no lingering cancer cells on Harry's thigh bone.

One more leg, not only because of the surgery on Harry's left leg, but because this is one more leg of this faith journey. We've been traveling this road for two and a half years now. And all along the way, God has made His presence known and He has placed all of you in our lives. We have never walked alone because of God and because of you. Thank you, God, and thank you FB friends and family.