Hi John. Wonderful news. My wife and I are going through a rough spell with our 24 year old daughter that has a lot of history to it. But, it might be turning around. In that context your report on your daughter touched me. I can relate to your sense of relief that your daughter is OK.
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From: John LeBlanc
To: Multiple recipients of list philmont
Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 6:15 PM
Subject: [Philmont]: Adventure Completed
A heartfelt thanks to all of you who expressed concern, offered words of encouragement and prayers during the last few weeks concerning my latest adventure.
While hoping for the best, I was working my way through a very nasty tasting medicine regimen but prepared for the worst. Through Gods grace, the absolute best came to pass.
Last Monday evening, while settling in for a quiet evening before surgery, we received a phone call that our oldest daughter had been found unconscious at her home and was being rushed to the hospital. By the time we could get there, she was conscious and in intensive care.
That changed a quiet, relaxed evening into one of intense worry and concern.
On Tuesday, I checked on her in ICU just fifteen minutes before I headed into surgery. At that time her prognosis was unknown. By then, we were stretched pretty thin and our platter was full.
With the help of a wonderful friend from my childhood days and the finest pastor I have had the privilege of having in the last thirty years, we were hanging in there
As for me, the thyroidectomy went well and the growths removed passed both preliminary and final lab analysis as being benign. The cells that at one time looked suspiciously like those of follicular cancer were located and identified as not being so. For those not familiar, take it from a biologist, there is a big difference in microscopic analysis of thin needle biopsies and cross section tissue analysis.
They removed the right lobe which had manifested quite largely beneath the collarbone into the chest region and somewhat over the left lobe. As is always the case, early detection was the key to successful treatment.
For those who havent heard, I had absolutely no symptoms or complaints at all. This condition was found through routine physical exam by a very astute and superbly competent endocrinologist I go to for diabetic monitoring. He is the one who felt the nodules. I never could even when he showed me exactly where they were. For that I am thankful.
I was released from the hospital on Thursday evening and have been resting well at home ever since. It surely is nice to just sit and watch the cold rain on the window and see someone else put another log on the fire.
My first visit to the doctor is Tuesday for further testing to see exactly what medication regimen will be required.
As for my daughter, she is doing well. The diagnosis is not complete, but a lot of bad things have been ruled out. Further tests are scheduled. We are hoping and praying for the best. She just called me and is being released from the hospital and along with her husband is going to be here for supper. Its been a rough eight days, but things surely do look better today than they did last Monday.
Something I am very proud of is that I am told, but do not remember, that when in recovery after surgery when the attendant medical personal were in the process of trying to arouse me and asking how are your doing Mr. LeBlanc? and just try to rest that I said I could not and would not rest at all until I knew my little girl who was in intensive care was OK. After hearing that the third time, one of them took a family member to ICU and found out first hand during non visiting ours so they could get that word to me.
According to my family, after I was told that information, I rested calmly the whole night
The next day my doctor told me thats a pretty remarkable cognition for someone who had just been through what you had been through. I guess he doesnt really know me. Having ones throat slit for four and a half hours is no big deal. Well, not as big a deal now as it was before they started.
Again, thank you one and all for your thoughts, shared words of encouragement and prayers. Im gonna be just fine and my daughter is gonna be just fine.
Sincerely,
John LeBlanc
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