The Mayo Clinic visit

I am sorry that I am just now updating everyone about our Mayo visit.

The news we received was not bad or good. Jeff's lymph nobes are the same side as last year. That is the not bad or good thing. The bad part of it, is he still has that chance that they can grow. The good part is that they have not grown.

Jeff and I have faith that everything will work out. We have so much trust in Dr. Smallridge, and the care that Mayo Clinic Jacksonville gives us. The God is good all the time!

Thank you for your prayers!!!

Update on my husband!

So the past couple of months have been a roller coaster. Every time we think Jeff is OK something else happens to him. My sweet husband asked me not to say to much about what is going on with him, but he did say I can tell you guys this. When we went for his yearly check up we found some pre-cancerous lymph nobe's. We have complete faith in the LORD and our Doctor! He has told us to keep thing going on as is, and in nine months head back to the Mayo Clinic for more testings and maybe a small dosage of radiation. This is something that we have seen coming and all we can do is pray. Jeff is very confidant and OK with everything. He has now planned his yearly two week backpacking trip with his friends and a mini vacation for us. The LORD is good and he will provide for us. Our family and friends have been amazing! Thank you everyone who emailed me with kind words and prayers. I didn't email everyone back but please know that we are very thankful for you!


"Your love, oh LORD, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies. Your righteousness is like the mighty mountain, your justice like the great deep." Psalm 36:5-6

Please Pray!

I have been MIA for a while and I will write a post explaining what is going on. Just please pray for my husband! We have found some cells that are looking cancerous. He is checking in for surgery tomorrow. Thank you for your prayers!

Thanks my blogging family!

Love, Amy

Mayo Clinic visit

I just wanted to say thank you to everyone for praying for Jeff and I this weekend. We truly felt everyone's prayers!!!

I wanted to let everyone know how things went at the Mayo… When we arrived at the clinic Jeff went straight to get his blood taken. Normally there is about a 45 minute wait but we were very lucky and were only in the sitting room for about 10 minutes. After the blood work Jeff and I had about 3 hours to kill for his next appointment so as you would expect from me, we ate (we both had been fasting for his blood work) and went shopping. For the girls there is a new and amazing outdoor mall in Jacksonville. Jeff even had fun (sporting good store everywhere). So when we went back to the Mayo we were not so lucky with the waiting time!!! We were sitting there for 2 hours and I had watched entire movie. Jeff was finally called in for the last test, an ultrasound for his neck. We left the clinic for the day and had a night on the town; I had fun showing Jeff my old schools and places my family would go. We ate at our favorite pizza place on the beach, and that night they had an art and craft walk in that area so we did that for a while and called it a night at 9:30. We felt like old people going to bed so early but we were so mentally exhausted from that day.

So the next morning we had to get up early and go to Jeff’s doctor to get the results for everything. His doctor brought us in and told us the great news; Jeff’s numbers are still really low (that is good new!!!) and he did not notice anything alarming in his tests. At this point nothing was taking away our smiles!!! We are so excited and blessed that Jeff is staying cancer free and is in good health! Thanks again to everyone for your prayers!!!!

Jeff is giving the thumbs up after the good news!!!

Jeff and I are all smiles!