Small Miracles

 M has been seeing a girl he met online. He really likes her. Told us she is the coolest person he has ever met! His biggest worry (And ours) was what would happen when he tells her. He had thought he might wait because she is only in the area until Thanksgiving before heading home 4 states away and going back to college in another state. J suggested though that if M was going to have a long distance relationship it would be better that he told her now instead of waiting until they were too far away to talk in person. 

Smart boy that J. 

He was right of course. Thinking about it, it made sense. M really likes her and would like to continue to talk to her and potentially date. 

They spent the day together yesterday and when they came back to her car, he told her. Telling her that he would totally understand if she wanted him to leave and never see him again and offering to answer any questions she had. Surprisingly she told him she did not want him to leave and that she wanted to keep dating! 

M was terrified to tell her. This was the best possible outcome! 

He made sure he told her in a public place where she could leave if she wanted to and she decided to stay. she really is a cool girl. I look forward to meeting her! 

Life as we know it

 It seems our lives revolve around doctors now. Have we hit the target age? LOL 

Monday was spend seeing a specialist for Rs substernal thyroid goiter. Good news, I guess. No cancer but the surgeon said he has a second heart! The goiter is so large. We got to see images of it and it is huge. It has pushed his trachea completely over to the other side instead of being straight up and down. Fortunately it does not have to be completely removed. Only one side is massive, so no extra meds and it can all be done in one day! Since it is not cancer we just need to pick a day/week for it to be removed. 

Tuesday was spend at a cancer center for me. My mammogram had a couple of areas that looked enlarged. Good news again! No cancer and just a mammography fault. 

My stress level has greatly reduced today. I really had no idea how scared I was about both. I broke down a little bit when they gave us the ultrasound results for me. 

Dating

 He met a girl! M signed up for a dating app and they have been chatting and have had a few dates now. He was so nervous the first date. He just left for their 4th date. She does not live locally though. She is from Wisconsin and is in town for a few months on an internship before going hone for Thanksgiving and then back to college in another state. 

He likes her a lot. 

He has not told her yet. And we have advised him not to yet. Since she is leaving town in a few weeks there is really no reason to bring all of that into the mix. Obviously if it extends beyond just dating then there will need to be a conversation. It is not like he can easily move to another state to be with her if she does not want to move here. 

So we will wait and see if anything comes of this. Or if it is just a diversion for him. It is great to see him so happy right now.