The Beginning...

Let me try to recap things up to this point as fast as I can.

In December, Wes felt a lump on the right side of his throat. You couldn't see it, but you could feel it if you pressed down, and it felt hard and about the size of a marble. At that time, Wes also felt some pressure on his adam's apple, but chalked it up to possible idigestion. That feeling went away and the mystery of the lump was put on the back burner.

Fast forward to February and he still feels the lump. I told him it's time to make a doctor appointment. Better safe than sorry I say. Turns out it was a good idea.

They get him a fairly quick appointment and
•Friday, February 4th he sees his regular doctor. They order him a CT and refer him to ENT.
•Monday, February 7th he has his CT
•Thursday, February 17th he sees the ENT.

They discovered a mass on the back of his tongue/throat/tonsil area. Mind you, he's had his tonsils out, but he still has tonsil tissue in the area and that's where this mass is. The doctor orders a biopsy surgery for the following Friday, February 25th. At around 9pm that night, the doctor called and wants both him and myself to meet with her first thing in the morning. That can't be good...

Turns out, the mass is blocking approximately 70% of his airway and they thought they would have to do a tracheotomy for the biopsy (and then keep it in for about a month). We got a second opinion and this doctor said he doesn't think we'll need the trach. Whew! (BTW- this was discovered with 2 cameras up the nose and down the throat and by reviewing his CT scan results)

They asked if we had any questions and of course my head is swimming with a million of them that just never come to surface. There are numerous "what ifs", but I decide to just take it one step at a time . I question the actual biopsy procedure and then I'll wait for the results to start firing away with more questions. I mean, at this point, it could be any number of things and they don't have the answers yet either.

He met with the anesthesiologist on Tuesday and they think he'll be ok with just the breathing tube and he might not have to be awake to put it in... which there is still a possibility that he might have to be.

I guess anything is a possibility at this point.

He goes in for surgery tomorrow morning at 5:30 am. This seems like a lot has happened, but truthfully, I think this is only the beginning of this journey.