Jay and Kathy have both been struggling with their health. Jay has been having some pretty serious indigestion issues (heart burn pain that puts him on the ground), and Kathy was diagnosed with uterine cancer. Because Jay was so worried about Kathy he refused to take any action to figure out what was going on with him, well that’s not fair, he did have a few tests run, but as her surgery drew near he put the brakes on. Kathy went to a group in Salt Lake that specializes in women’s cancer. They scheduled a hysterectomy. Before they took Kathy in to surgery, Jay got a call from his doctor. The doctor told him to get to an emergency room ASAP. Jay was told that he has acute pancreatitus! Jay then proceeded to tell his doctor that he couldn’t go to the emergency room because his wife was having surgery to get rid of cancer! They agreed that he should go on a liquid only diet and stay at the hospital and if anything painful happened to go to the emergency room. The surgery went very well and they felt like the cancer was contained inside the uterus. Which is a blessing, because the type of cancer she has is an aggressive cancer. She had a hard time coming out of anesthesia because she is super sensitive to medicines. The second night after her surgery Jay had a really bad attack. He was laying on the floor of her hospital room in terrible pain. Nannette decided that she would take care of it once and for all. She went out and rounded up a wheel chair and a couple of sturdy nurses. They wheeled be to the emergency room. He was scheduled for surgery the next day. They wanted to do the surgery the same day but his insides were so inflamed that they were afraid they wouldn’t be able to see what they were looking for. Mike flew out to Utah that night and was there when they finally took Jay into surgery. At that same moment Kathy was on her way back to Smithfield with Noelle.
Long story short. They are both recovering nicely. What a drama! We felt so helpless being so far away. I was glad that Mike went out to help. As I look back on it I can see the miracles that occurred. Jay could have had a ruptured pancreas, which would have been HORRIBLE. His insides would have been covered in bile. DANGEROUS BUSINESS. Kathy’s cancer could have been found outside the uteris. Jay could have been anywhere other than the hospital when he had his attack.
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