On Sunday Jan. 13Th, just three days after Lyn's 36Th birthday, Lyn came home from church with the flu. This "flu" had him down flat the rest of Sunday, and all day Monday. On Tuesday he woke up and his right shoulder was swollen and bright red. So I sent him to Doc. Berg to have it checked. Doc. Berg said it looked like cellulitis and gave him a shot in the butt, and put him on an antibiotic. By Wed. the redness was growing so he went back in and Wes Webster, put a shunt in his arm and from Wed. to Mon. Lyn had to go in every morning to have his I.V. of antibiotics. On Monday afternoon they did an MRI an when they got the results back on Thursday Doc. Berg sent him to a Gen. Surgeon in Provo , because they had found that one of his lympnodes was swollen. So on Friday we went down to see Dr. Thomas in Provo. After reviewing his charts and the MRI. He decided it was most likely just an infection, but given his family history,(both of his Dad's parents passed away from a form of cancer) it was better to do a biopsy and rule it out than to wait and have cancer spread. So Monday Jan. 28Th Lyn had biopsy surgery on his right lympnodes by his neck. He had to go under, because of the delicate spot of the lympnodes, right next to a major artery and many nerves. Anyway, the surgery went very well. Dr. Thomas has preformed many biopsies, and said that this one didn't look like cancer. They took out the most infected lympnode, it was oozing puss and said that there was two other ones that were infected but not as bad. Anyway it is GOOD NEWS! :) The biopsy results will be back next Monday and that's when we go down to have the stitches out too. But everything looks good, and he'll just have to take the antibiotics until the infection goes away.
Lyn has always been very healthy so it's been strange for him to be sick, but we have many things to be thankful for. Like not working for Heber Appliance at this time, since Lyn got paid on commission and didn't work for about a week. By being part-owner of his company we were able to deal better with that. We have truly been blessed by all the prayers and support of our family and friends. It has brought us such peace at this difficult time. We have grateful for the priesthood holders in our families that were able to given Lyn wonderful and inspired blessings, and for the peace and comfort that came with them.:) Thank you to everyone of you for your love and support!
Can you believe where Lyn was 20 mins. after we left the Surgical Center?
Yep! At Sportsman Warehouse looking at the Guns!
His big buff shoulder is really just the ice pack on his incision!
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