Dear friends and family we are asking you to keep those prayers coming and to add our son to your thoughts and prayers as he will be having surgery on November 15th for the removal of a small cancerous tumor at his pancreas. Matt has given me permission to share this next adventure with you all on this blog, so from time to time I will update you on how his journey is going. He is doing great and is thankful to get this all behind him and move on with his rich, full, life. I'm honored to share our stories with you all.
The need for this surgery was discovered when Matt was having extreme pain and sickness and Jim and Lindsay took him to the Christiana ER. We found out that he was having a kidney stone attack and he passed one of the stones that weekend, praise God! He still has another one, but that may never cause him any issues. When he was at the ER they did a CT to see if their diagnosis was correct (yes it was a kidney stone) and while doing that CT they noticed a shadow near his pancreas. We are SO THANKFUL for the kidney stone attack. Matt, having no issues, would still not know that he was in need of surgery without the trip to the ER that August evening!
Below are some entries of prayer requests that I have been making to my prayer sistas, which will update you on the process of our newest journey:
Sept 12- Today Matt received word that his bloodwork came back fine! Giving God the praise for this answered prayer!! Keep the prayers coming. Matt should hear from someone at Jefferson Hospital about scheduling the endoscopic ultrasound w/ biopsy by Wednesday. If he does not, he is suppose to call the gastro-physician Dr. Hoskins(spell ?) and his office will talk to Jefferson. This is an outpatient procedure and we are praying that it will be sooner rather than later because of the time crunch with the transplant on the 27th. GISG ~Tina
Sept 20 - I wanted to let my prayer sistas know Matt finally got the procedure started around 1:45 and it took approx an hour. Then recovery. Traffic is terrible coming home for Philly. There is definitely something there and the biopsy will be sent out (of course) and Matt should call next Tuesday (the day of Jim's transplant), but there is a good possibility that the results won't be in for 2 weeks (the following Tuesday). The area, or "it" as we are calling it. is small about 2cm or less. We were not given much else about "it", so we'll continue to give it to God (that's the hard part for me and my controlling and fixing personality) and wait (which is another lesser quality of possess). THANK YOU for your continued prayers for Matt and for our family and Stephanie and her family. Stephanie will be getting into DE this evening for the "next event". GIG ~Tina
Sept 26- Prayer Warriors, I need you to do some more specific praying for the Wilson Clan. Matt got his test results back from the pancreas biopsy today and though it could be ALOT worse, the news isn't really what I was praying for at this point and time. Matt has a Pancreatic Endocrine Tumor (cancerous), which is slow growing and with surgery (removal) he will be cancer-free. There will be no need for chemo or radiation. The area, as we said from the biopsy is small, so it seems to be contained. Matt is waiting to hear from a Jefferson's surgeon about the process to get rid of "it". We are thankful that because of his kidney stone episode in August, this was found so very early. The timing isn't wonderful with Jim's surgery tomorrow, and I feel like my plate is fuller than I can possibly carry without dropping things, but God knows the amount we can handle, and He will help hold my "plate". As for tomorrow's "event". We report at 5 and Jim's surgery will begin around 9. Stephanie's will begin around 8. Keep the prayers coming!! ~Tina
Oct 20th - Matt really likes the surgeon at Jefferson and Lindsay and Matt got alot of information for the upcoming surgery. The date is November 15th. It will take at least 6 hours, they will remove the cancerous spot as well as the end of his pancreas, his spleen, and depending on how his gall bladder looks, they will "just take that out" as well. They will not know until they "get in" if the cancer spot is localize, which they feel it is. They will take some lymph nodes around the area as well. He will be in the hospital at Jefferson for 5-7 days and then recovery will be approximately 3 weeks. If there is signs of changes in his lymph nodes they would have to "go in" again and remove those areas, but his liver, kidney, bladder, pancreas look good at this time and that is something to be very thankful for. No hereditary reason for Matt having this cancerous spot. He is doing well and wants this behind him (as we do). I appreciate your prayers on his behalf and on ours as we continue to ventured into this next phase of our surgery/recovery/healing time. We know that God is in control and will cover Matt with His healing arms. What are our needs at this time.... Jim continues to improve each day and we plan to talk to the transplant team tomorrow about Jim's ability to be at the surgery on the 15th of November. I am thankful that it is in mid-November, because Jim will be much more mobile on his own, so I can focus on Matt and his recovery. ~Tina
Oct 21- We talked with the transplant team and they have no issues with Jim going to Jefferson for Matt's upcoming surgery on November 15th! Once again God is providing all our needs. Thank you for keeping Matt in your ongoing prayers. ~Thankful, Tina
Thank you for all your support and we know that you will keep us in your thoughts and prayers as we enter into the next phase of our amazing journey of healing! ~Tina
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