In our previous episode, our hero just found out he may have colon cancer and that it appears to have spread to it liver... Let's see how he reacts! (we also replaced his regular coffee with Floger's Crystals)
I called Angela as soon as I found out. She was almost there, but I dropped my little bomb shell on her right then. That must have been pretty horrible to take it in like that while driving, but I couldn't hide the fact that something went very wrong from our previous conversations. They wanted to take me by ambulance to Spectrum in Grand Rapids! I reminded them that I drove myself there, and that I could drive to Grand Rapids too...
It's strange the things that enter your mind at a time like that. My first thought was that I needed to let Bill Fey know that I wouldn't be at work on Monday, and he would have to go to Traverse City for me. I also let my pastor know at about the same time. I was absolutely amazed when he showed up in what seemed like mere minuets! Not only that, but he had one of our deacons with him. Angela, and I got a look at the CT scan at this point. It looked pretty bad even to the untrained eye. I mean, a liver isn't supposed to look like a piece of swiss cheese, right? I called my parents at this point... That was less than fun. They didn't even know about the appendix issue, so it was all new for them!
Krystal came and picked up the kids, Cassie and Luke took care of my truck, and Angela and I drove up to Grand Rapids together. It was pretty surreal to just waltz into a hospital with a handful of papers, and have them put you in a bed and hook you up to an IV in just a few minuets! This is all on Saturday night... We didn't know what was going to happen; we didn't know for certain what kind of cancer (or if it even was cancer). We didn't know how long we would be there; we didn't know anything!
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