Ryan (my sister Ashley's husband) went into the urgent care clinic on Wednesday for abdominal pain and came home with some pretty scary news. He has a large growth in his adrenal gland (14cm). Kris saw the scans and said you couldn't even see his organs on the one side, only the mass. Ash said that this is pretty rare (only 290 some odd reported cases). I guess in cases where the mass was over 6cm it was often cancer. He went to a specialist on Thursday and they are planning to operate next Thursday. They did see a few other areas of concern so he will be having a MRI on Monday where the Dr and the Radiologist will be present. They have run tests to see if there is hormones in the tumor or not. If there is he will have to take meds to keep him from having a stroke when they take the tumor out. They will be removing a rib and very possibly his kidney in this procedure. He will be in the hospital in Boise for at least 5 days post op. We will know more Monday and I will do my best to keep everyone posted. In the mean time please be praying for their family.
How are they holding up? I still cannot believe this. He's so young. It makes me want to run and get my own MRI's and cat scans! Thanks for posting the details- for some reason I thought it was 15 inches! Though 14cm doesn't exactly sound "ideal" when you're describing a growth. We'll be praying for him. Love you guys.
ReplyDeleteThat is terrible! We will put him in our prayers. What is his last name?
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