Long road ahead

So, pathology report on Jason's tumor came back as stage 4 brain cancer, aka Glioblastoma Multiforme. It was what the neurosurgeon suspected ever since the MRI last Wednesday... but until the path report came back I was optimistically holding out hope that he might be wrong.

So while Jason has a long road (several weeks?) ahead to recover from surgery... the road from there will be even longer, or shorter depending on the cancer.

Of course there is treatment - radiation and chemotherapy - but it is uncertain how effective it will be. As a family, we still have so many decisions to make about treatment and have had so much help from Jason's brother and many other family and friends who are here to support us.

Right now, we are focusing on getting Jason well enough after surgery to even think about treatment for the cancer. His head is still a little swollen from the surgery and he may have suffered a mini-stroke that has caused some paralysis on the left side of his body.  It has only been 2 days, but it feels like an eternity.

In the meantime, the boys have enjoyed their spring break in Moab with our dearest friends. They have been biking, hiking and climbing and when they came to visit dad yesterday they smelled like dirt! Loved it.