Make-a-Wish / Christmas 2009

Adam is doing great and Christmas this year was so much different from this time last year, and we are so thankful and blessed. As you can see from the pictures, he is doing well and keeps growing! He is now over 6ft tall! Unbelievable.

Adam also received his wish, from the Make-a-Wish Foundation and from KTM. You can read about his day, and how Make-a-Wish made it happen

Thankful!

I apologize for the lack of postings, but as the old adage goes, "no news is good news". Adam is doing well and the spots the doctor was concerned about, they have ruled out any current recurrence or relapse of the disease. They are going to do more tests in December and to watch him closely for any signs or symptoms. Other than that he is doing fantastic!

We may soon have word on his Make-a-Wish event and will be posting any news regarding that within the next few days.

It seems to hard to believe that a year ago next week this journey began and here we are today, healthy and happy. Yes, the fear is always there, but it is so different than last Thanksgiving. We are so thankful, words can not begin to describe...

Anxiety

Anxiety is defined by Webster's as: distress or uneasiness of mind caused by fear of danger or misfortune.

I am not sure that was the extent of what I felt on Wednesday afternoon, but it certainly was distress and uneasiness. Adam had his scans on Wednesday, and all went well. The day went without any issues and we got to see one of the newer doctors on his team. But then the phone call came.

"Mr. Wyatt, this is Doctor Johnson, and I wanted to call and let you know that there were two spots that were seen as active in the lymph nodes in his neck."

Yes, I felt fear, distress, uneasiness and just plain sick to my stomach. And I had to call Adam and his mother. As the doctor went on, he assured us that we are not talking relapse yet, and it could be any number of reasons why this showed up on the scan. So after more tests and blood work they determined that they are going to watch this for a couple of weeks, put him on some anitibiotics, as it may be nothing more than a virus causing a false positive reading on the PET Scan.

We go back again on October 28 and we will know more then. Until then we are trying to let the anxiety not control us. And Adam you ask? Well he is strongly in the opinion that this is a virus and he is fine. We pray that is the case.

Eight Months ~ November 08 to July 09

Eight months, it seems so much longer since Adam was first diagnosed with Stage 4a Hodgkins Disease. Especially those first few weeks, they seemed like months in themselves. But immediately upon hearing those words CANCER from the doctor, both Adam's mother and I began calling everyone we knew asking for their prayers. And boy did Adam get the prayers!! From people all over the United States and even in a couple countries through our Missionary friends. And those prayers have been answered.

Tomorrow, July 20, 2009, Adam will undergo surgery to remove the port catheter that was placed for his chemotherapy. Last Monday, July 13, he underwent PET Scan, CT Scan and blood work and the doctors said that the results were great, and that he is disease free!!! The tumors even though they are still present they are not active, and they have shrunk considerably. He has some spots that they feel are from the infection he had, but are of little or no concern. he said that there was some low level activity, again under the circumstances there was little cause for concern.

Of course Hodgkins is not a curable disease, but it is treatable, and there is a 55% to 60% chance that it could become active again, however the doctors have told us that if it reoccurs it will be sooner rather than later, this is why they will watch him closely over the next 18 months. But we are faithful that this will not be a concern either.

Again, it has been a harrowing journey, but Adam has shown us all what the power of prayer can do, and he has also shown his entire family and friends, the strength that he holds within him. Only once did I see Adam even cry through all of this. That was on November 24, 2008 when he was first told that he had cancer. Since that time he has remained strong and determined, and not once did I see him cry. Yes he got down and sometimes depressed, but if you saw him today you'd never know he had just went through what he has.

And to all of you, from our family, our group of close knit friends, and those of you that have only heard of Adam's journey through others and possibly this blog, we say THANK YOU! We will be forever grateful to you for your prayers, concern and support. We ask that you continue to pray for continued health for Adam, and we will update the site on occasion.