Now I Can Tell You
For the past several weeks I have been under the most stress I have ever experienced in my entire life. You may not have noticed in my words or voice, but it’s been pretty tough. Last month my son was hospitalized for pneumonia. During that time the doctors found a spot on his lung. At first we thought it was scar tissue from a previous illness a few years ago, but it turned out to something different.
It turns out he had a growth on his lung, and what scared me was the fact it was the size of a softball and we had no idea what it was. His doctors told it could be anything from an abnormal growth to cancer. That is something no parent wants to hear. We went through more tests and a he had surgery this morning. They removed the growth and are running some final tests to make sure it’s not cancerous. He’s resting, but is in a lot of pain. If all goes well though, he should be back up and at full speed in 3 months.
As you can probably tell, this was not easy. I kept a lot of this to myself for the longest time and only told a handful of close friends a few days ago. I also found myself really not caring about a lot things, my jobs, politics, going out or anything. I’ve never dealt well with things I have no control over or can’t use my schmooze power to fix. I also learned that keeping all this stuff in never helps either. So I guess that’s why I decided to post this. It’s been tough, but it looks like the worst part is over for now. Have a good weekend.
