Midnight Surprise

Current mood:helpless

Josh here:

Well at the hospital tonight around 11:45 the nurse came into Justin's room and let him know that he wasn't allowed to eat or drink anything after midnight. Since we're all on edge a little anyway it didn't take long to figure out this was some sort of surgery prep.

You feel bad asking Justin things, or thinking out loud because you don't want to upset him......but jeesh, that's tough.

So anyway, we found out the doctor had called the nurses and told them to put Justin's discharge on hold and put him on npo (which means no food/drink).

Our assumption is that Justin is having a biopsy done on his tumor tomorrow, but we cannot be sure. The biopsies have been done on his thyroid so this surprise could have something to do with that as well.

Needless to say this is a sleepless night for his brothers. Not so much worry, but utter helplessness and a huge desire for this to all go away. Life has changed so much the last few days for all of us, and there isn't one of us here that wouldn't gladly lay down on the table and let this happen to us instead of Justin.

Please pray for Justin for this big day on Wednesday. The thought of anything poking into his brain makes me want to throw up, it's just sickening. I can't sleep, lay still, or even think straight. Jason has told me Justin has been praying all night, as have Jason and I. Thankfully mom is getting some sleep, as are the other girls. Hopefully we can get some rest after the doctor visits early in the morning and we know what's going on.

This is one of those nights that you really wish you could understand what God is doing, and why he has these plans for all of us--especially Justin.