We are expecting a baby, and a cancer diagnosis?...

I have used this blog over the years to randomly post things about our family, but time has always been what has kept me from being consistent with it. Now here I am and life is probably the craziest it'll ever be but I feel like documenting this journey is necessary. A way for us to look back and remember where we came from, and a way to keep our friends and family updated.

So what is going on with the Foiles these days?

Well, as most of you know we are expecting baby #3! We are so incredibly anxious to meet this baby, mostly because we are TEAM GREEN, and have no clue if we are being blessed with a baby boy or baby girl!

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While we are expecting this sweet, sweet bundle of JOY any day now, our lives have kind of been thrown for a loop..

Brad has been informally diagnosed with stage 2 Hodgkins Lymphoma. Cancer. While I will save the the "how we found out" for the next blog update I wanted to in a way announce this to clear up any speculation that may come about as more and more people start hearing the news.

What I will say is, we have been told he will be just fine, if this is what they think it is. 
He has a 8.7x6.7cm mass under his left breast bone near his heart. He will undergo surgery on Tuesday the 2nd where they will be taking a portion of the mass to biopsy.
Between the biopsy and the PET scan we should be receiving confirmation of the suspected diagnosis. They seem very confident, and optimistic at this point.

I also wanted to mention Brad and myself are feeling very positive about all of this. While we do have worries and concerns for the months to come we are confident he will pull through just fine. One thing I did want to make clear....

**Our children do not know**

We will tell them things as they come and will go into as much detail as we think is needed, but will most likely keep things pretty vague for now. Sadly lymphoma is not unknown to the Foiles family. Our children, Ella especially remember this very clearly and I do not want to instill fear into her little mind.

The word cancer is scary. What we have to remember here is every single person, every circumstance, and every diagnosis is different. We plan to take one day at a time, one worry at a time and we refuse to let a small six letter word intimidate us.

Lastly, please remember your response to something can trigger emotions that will last a life time. 
We know this is very scary and a shock to many, but despite that we hope to hear nothing but positive encouragement and optimism to help get us through!!

I will update again soon!

Thank you in advance for being here for us during this difficult time.