I have added several folks to this list, and I apologize in advance for not keeping everyone up to date with what's been going on. It was a choice Kay and I made about a month ago to keep folks from worrying. I know you would all want to know what the doctors found yesterday. I wish I had better news. Kay has been diagnosed with stage 3 lung cancer. She was allowed to come home yesterday after the biopsy surgery and is resting now. Details haven't been worked out, but she will start radiation and chemotherapy next week.
She has had a persistent cough, not a pronounced cough, really pretty mild, since November. She first went to the doctor last November, and in the months since they have treated her for asthma, pneumonia, and allergies. They didn't do a CT scan until June because she didn't fit the cancer profile-young, healthy and a life-long non-smoker. If you or anyone you know has had a persistent cough that doesn't seem to go away, don't ignore it and be insistent that the Drs follow up with a CT scan. It can make a huge difference.
Sorry for conveying news like this in an email, but this seemed like the best way to reach a lot of folks at one time and free up time for me to take care of Kay and Andrew right now.
Thank you all for being our friends, we love you all. Sorry if we have been distant and hard to reach lately, we have been working through this situation as best we knew how.
Kay will still be working through the effects of the anesthesia today I'm told. Feel free to email or call, but please keep in mind that we haven't told Andrew what the diagnosis is just yet, he's been over at a friend's house since yesterday, so talking in detail over the phone may be difficult until tomorrow.
If I could ask for one thing from y'all, it would be to pray for Kay and for her doctors.
Kevin
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