At Peace......

Ok, is everyone ready for this? You might want to sit down. I have been in pain for about 6 months and haven't been able to breath very well and they misdiagnosed me as having inflammation of the cartilage in my ribs. So I went to a rhuematologist on Thursday and she said you need a chest xray immediately. I went for the xray and went to lunch, she called me within 20 min and said that I needed to be admitted. there was a lot of fluid around my lung and a mass. They drained the fluid on Friday (2.6 liters....almost 5 pounds!!) and did a biopsy and are leaning towards cancer. So I have another biopsy tomorrow, they are going to take out one of my lymph nodes in my arm pit and we should hopefully know for sure what this is by this weekend. I had a blessing right before I came into the hospital and have actually been pretty much at peace about it all. I am scared obviously and not looking forward to the pain and side affects. :*( But I am going to be ok. I have a huge support network with my family and extended family and my ward. I am very blessed by all the people around me. Ethan took some "lovely" pics of me in the hospital so I will try and post those by friday. Thanks for all the love!!