Pray for CJ

It's been a long and difficult couple of weeks since my last post. A few days after that writing, CJ started having bright orange diarrhea every hour that changed to blood. He was on so many medications we had to make a chart to keep track of it all. About a week later that was cleared up. We still don't know exactly what caused it.

Last week CJ had an abdominal ultrasound to check for any tumors that may have spread to other organs or lymph nodes. Fortunately that came up clear. They also tested his urine for a particular protein that would tell us CJ had multiple myeloma - a type of tumor that is not aggressive and wouldn't require surgery. Unfortunately, that protein was not found.

Today CJ is going into surgery so they can biopsy the tumor and hopefully get as much out as possible, giving him some relief from the spinal cord compression. Please pray for CJ; best case scenario (though not likely) is that he has an infection of the bone instead of a tumor. Next best case is that it's a benign slow growing tumor. Let's put the power of prayer to work for CJ.

He will have to spend a few days in the hospital, but we are allowed to come visit him.