Shock and Awe, "There's a Bad Moon Rising"

Credence Clearwater Revival  I see the bad moon arising. I see trouble on the way. I see earthquakes and lightnin'. I see bad times today. 

Monday June 10, 2013 was just another day in the life of the mission. First thing that week was my annual chest x-ray. Hilda the x-ray tech took the picture. I dressed and was waiting in Dr. Jackson's office. He came in and said he needed a side shot because it gave more information. I knew immediately. As I was dressing after the second picture Steve came in and said that Dr Jackson wanted to see us in the x-ray room. Oh,oh, "There's a Bad Moon Rising." Boy was I right. Five cylindrical unknown abnormalities, 4 in left lung, 1 in right. Off to kidney doc. PET and CT scans ordered. We sent the x-rays to Utah to a friend who is a radiologist and he found eight spots that he called lesions, 5 in left, 3 in right. Prognosis 3 to 6 months. As we say in our family, no muey bueno. By Tuesday we made plans to return home Friday morning. Our daughter Hillary was moving to The Marshall Islands the following Tues for 3 years and we wanted to see her family before they left. In the mean time, our friend in Utah had requested my prior chest x-rays. His findings were a big shocker. Nov 2011 x-ray was clear. April 2012 x-ray was not. It was noted that 3 tumors were found in the left lung and a follow up CT Scan was recommended. We were never advised of these findings. We realized that we would never have gone on our mission had we known and that it was really a chance of a lifetime. We have grown so much spiritually and felt that we were truly blessed to have spent this last year together.