This is the last of the Mayo News posts! The one that has taken the longest and the one that is the most important... and I should have posted this a long time ago but I didn't :) here it is anyway! Better late than never I suppose.
So it was the final day of doctors visits and the final meeting with Dr. Picco to discuss my results, treatment plans, where to go from here... all that sort of stuff. Up until this point no one had really told us anything about what was going to happen after I left Mayo. All the other specialists were just doing their job, running their tests and waiting to let Dr. Picco tell us all the results. So the day had finally come and I was going to learn the outcome of the whole visit!
At this point I was actually feeling ok about things. Nothing had come back from the tests that was so urgent that they had to tell us and do something about it right away so I figured I could be that bad off :) We got to the clinic and headed up to Dr. Picco's office and waited for a very short time for the very last time we hoped. Sure enough a nurse came to get us very promptly and we went back to start the consultation.
Dr. Picco came in, sat down, and then said the words I'd been waiting to hear for months. "Kailen, you're not sick. Your colon is mildly diseased but not bad enough for any drastic measures. We are going to continue on with the medicine you're already on, add a new one, and you'll get better." PRAISE GOD!!! I was sooo relieved that I think I actually teared up right then and there. I don't know what it was but Dr. Picco just had this air about him that he really and truly cared and that just got to me. ha. He said I could call him if I had any questions about anything and that he was very glad I came to see him and quite frankly, so was I! I could finally relax and know all the words from God that there was a healing for me were finally coming true :)
So we headed back to the house, sat down, just breathed, and thanked God for what He'd done. We got to spend another day at the beach the following day and then we made the long journey home. (When we walked through the doors, Jarrod had made a big 'welcome home' sign for me and I think I cried again... :)
Today I am doing better and better and loving every minute of it. Still praying for God to continue my healing through to completion but I am well on my way and couldn't be more thankful for all I have learned and am continuing to learn through all of this. So thank you everyone for your prayers! GOD IS GOOD!
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