Brown Pee Never A Good Thing....

So maybe that's sharing just a little too much info immediately, but as it turns out all throughout your life, your pee has a lot to do with one's overall health, and that's where this story begins......

A few weeks ago, over several chats with my mom on the phone, she had been mentioning in passing that Dad just "hadn't been feeling well." He had "a bug." He had very little appetite and was only eating vanilla ice cream. My dad has never really been sick. He could probably count on one hand the number of times in his life where he took an antibiotic of any sort. He's never had any type of surgery. He's never had a hospital stay. Of his same aged peers, he's been of the "healthiest."

After hearing that he enjoyed only two beers at the Ravens Monday Night FB game on September 10th, I knew there was more going on. (I've tailgated with my dad many times. It's been one of "our things" over the years.) When I started to push for a little more info, Mom added to the "not feeling well" the fact that he had been peeing BROWN. When I heard that, my gut dropped. I had heard these combination of symptoms far too many times in the last year, and I knew it could potentially mean Dad was in for some life-changing news. Unfortunately, I was right.

On Thursday morning, Dad finally called his Dr. to get an appointment. He was seen immediately and spent most of his day, except for the time spent in his truck during a fire drill at the medical facility, waiting on results. On Friday morning, he was sent for more tests: MRI and CT Scan. On Friday evening, my parents learned that Dad has "a large pancreatic mass pressing on a valve between the liver and pancreas," and he is being referred to a pancreatic specialist at the University of Maryland. (Just as an fyi, my mom just had surgery August 13th at the University of Maryland. Yeah, they've had quite a bit going on lately.)

At the time of this posting, we are just waiting to hear when his appointment will be. As we learn more info and are ready to share, I will post to this blog and hope to use this as the primary means of communicating info for my parents. Mom and dad are very overwhelmed with this information and what it could potentially mean for our family. Please feel free to ask me questions on here or post comments, etc....

Many thanks for all of you who are already our prayer warriors.