Cancer or Not?
After Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, my mom drove Jeff and me back to Side by Side and life went back to its daily rhythm. However, the specter haunting the unspeakable background of our minds was the question of whether Jeff actually had cancer blooming within his belly. Would the presence of this possible cancer permanently remove him from the liver transplant list, which was his only chance at long-term survival?
Jeff had an appointment with Dr. Xander, his GI doctor coming up.
We tried to distract ourselves from the appointment by working on the “Intro to Judaism Class”, watching movies, and playing with our teddy bears, but no matter what, time was ticking by. It was only a matter of time before it was November 2nd and we found out whether or not Jeff really had cancer.