Sorry to leave you hanging.... hopefully you follow us on Facebook and know the update. But if not, here it is.
After Mike's thyroid scan came back "indeterminate for malignancy" he had a fine needle biopsy done by a friend who happens to be an endocrinologist. It was so comforting to have someone that we're familiar with walking us through this process!!! In the end, it was benign and simply a nodular hyperplasia... meaning a thyroid with multiple benign nodules! Praise God!
This left us with one unanswered question... why was Mike struggling with a really fast heartrate? We were referred back to our family doctor to explore it and a 24 hour holter monitor revealed he was having atrial tachycardia as well as some supraventricular tachycardia. In other words... just a really fast heart rate that needed some help to slow down. He was started on 25mg of Metoprolol and that helped instantly, but wasn't quite enough. So he takes 50mg a day and that seems to have done the trick!
We saw the Neurosurgeon September 20th for a follow up after surgery and he was more than pleased with Mike's progress! He's been released to work full time and seems to be building up his endurance level each and every day! It's been so good to see Mike resuming an active life!
Through this process we have seen God at work in so many ways! Mike endured a surgery that had a high risk of complications and outcomes. Things like stroke, paralysis, dysphagia, weakness, numbness, and yes.... even death. But he walked away with NOT A SINGLE complication! He walked away with a newfound trust in Jesus for peace, comfort, and healing. And he walked away saying "prayer works!"
His faith growing through this is only the beginning of what lies ahead of us.... stay tuned for a post from him in the near future!
