Doug is Sick

Doug is Sick!

I have had several requests to post updates of Dougs condition and what is going on since I often am to busy to update everyone. I told Doug that it was just because they care about and are concerned for him and asked Doug how he felt about it since it can be personal. I got him to agree as long as its not to detailed.

The 1st of November, Doug got really sick. He wasn't able t0 keep any food down him and their was blood coming out of both ends. He was in a lot of pain and he said that he felt like his insides were on fire. He was so weak I had to help him get up to the bathroom and take a bath. He said he didn't have enough energy to go to the hospital in the middle of the night so first thing in the morning we went in and they sent us directly to the ER room. They did every test you could think of and once they received the results from most of the tests, they said us down and told us that he was pretty sure that Doug had Colon Cancer which is surprising since he is so young. I was shocked. I thought bleeding ulcers, irritable bowel syndrome but not that.

They allowed us to go home with follow up appointments. I did all I could to nurse him back to health starting from water, gatorade, soup and he is finally able to eat. He had more tests and a colonoscopy done. When they received the results back from that, the doctors said us down in amazement and apologized for the wrong diagnosis and that there are several other possibilities of what it is.

We are now seeing a specialist at the U of U hospital in Salt Lake. We really like him and are glad that he is willing to work with us to figure out what is wrong and find something to work for Doug. The only down fall is that he is in Salt Lake so, we have taken up to 3 trips to Salt Lake in a week which is 3 hours from where we live.

Right now we are doing a series of a few different tests in hopes of getting some answers. In the mean time we are enjoying Doug being home. I think one of the very frustrating things for him has been staying home and not feeling well enough to do very much. Although he would like to go back to work the doctor is still not signing a release for him. He does have his good days and bad days. We are hoping for the best and doing what we can. We really appreciate everyones love and support. I have to apologize for not being good at keeping everyone updated or not informing them at all. One of the hard things when talking to others about this is that we dont know what is wrong and there are questions that we dont have answers to and it is hard to tell people and answer their questions when we dont know ourselves. The other problem is, we have been extremely busy and I hope that no one takes offense because of it. I will do my best to keep you updated. We probably wont know anything more until he is done with 2 more tests which take 2 weeks each.

We sincerely appreciate all of you love and support and understanding! We have been so blessed through it all. We know that the lord knows what is best for our family and that he has a plan for us. We are very hopeful that everything will turn out the way it is supposed to be.