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An amazing week. Though it was touch and go, life is good in the Rags clan.

Rags's picture

I have not shared this previously but now that we are past the crisis here it is.

My bride had her annual lady Doc check up in Nov. Part of that was a breast exam .. of course. Because a good friend of hers has been battling breast cancer she requested a mammogram. They did a mammogram and an ultrasound exam and found some suspicious micro crystallizations. The did an MRI which was not conclusive. This was at our local hospital in KSA where we live.

DW was leaving for a US trip to visit family which included two weeks in Texas. Her Doc here referred her to MD Anderson for a second opinion. She called me last week from Houston when MD Anderson recommended a biopsy. I immediately bought tickets and jumped on a plane for the 28 hour trip to Texas. Because of a mechanical problem one of my flights was canceled and I missed the biopsy. I was there for the waiting period for the results though.

Though we had a stressful wait of 5 days the news was great. Benign. The condition is only what the Doc called fibrous changes to breast tissue appropriate for my bride's age. She will be 40 in a few months.

Even with that best possible news the week just got more amazing.

As I shared recently, my kid told his mom and I that he wanted to be adopted. Since we were all in Texas we called our kick ass attorney that we used to keep the Sperm Clan pummeled in to submission to see about getting the adoption rolling. He told us he had some ideas and that he might be able to get the adoption done in 48 or so hours. We wrote the big check and crossed our fingers. Well, he missed his 48 hour target. Not a problem though. We met with him last Monday and the adoption was completed on Friday. The bride, my parents and I spent the day at the county courthouse to be available if the Judge could fit us in. He fit us in. The funny part is the kid could not get leave to be at the courthouse with us but the Judge called him for the hearing. So now for the first time in our nearly 21 years as a family my bride, our son, and I share the same family name.

High stress, high emotion, but an amazing 10 day turbo warp speed trip home. And an additional bonus is that we spent 10 days with my parents.

Life is good in the Rags clan. In the past 10 days I have shed many tears both of fear and of joy, been frightened nearly to death about my bride and the cancer scare, and had my heart filled by my incredible wife, my amazing parents, and a young man of character who chose me to be his dad.

I landed at midnight and got to our Villa at 01:30. DW is in Fla for 10 days of fun and partying with her girl posse.

Back to work in a few hours.

Thanks for listening.

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Indigo's picture

Celebrating your life with you. Congratulations on the official designation of an unofficial fact: a bouncing baby boy!

Good for your DW. MD Anderson is brilliant and it is always terrifying when they speak of milk duct calcification or fibrous tissue or fatty deposits within the fatty tissue and small nodes which they'd like to check out. Lots of moving parts.

Rags, I hope that the next month or two is quiet and filled with love, laughter, friends and family.

tiny kitten's picture

Thank God your wife is OK! That must have been so terrifying for all of you Sad
Congratulations on the adoption Smile

Monchichi's picture

Wonderful news Rags and congrats on making your being an awesome dad formal.

BarkAtTheMoon's picture

Misty over here, Rags! So happy that all is well with your DW and now SS is DS!

What an emotional week, but good news all around!

~ Moon

DaizyDuke's picture

That's great Rags! Does that mean that kid has denounced Sperm Clan for good?! Glad things are going so well for you guys! Wink

Rags's picture

No, he remains in contact with his younger Sperm Idiot spawned half sister. Bio Dad, Sperm Grandhag, and his two younger half brothers he has little to do with except for the very rare visit to Sperm Land to visit my ILs when he will see the Sperm Clan for a day or so.

He is very bitter towards his BioDad and the rest of the Sperm Clan adults. It infuriates him that his half sibs are stuck with that family with no other options as the other two bio moms are just as bad as the Sperm idiot. He is mature enough to recognize that he cannot rescue his sibs and that the only way he can help is to set the example of a young adult of character for them.

He is tempering his wording since I have repeatedly required that when discussing THEM he can vent, he can complain, and he can work through it that he not speak of them in disrespectful terms. His mom and I listen, provide guidance, and ... we bite our tongues to not bust out in guffaws at his comments.

He was very clear in his request for me to adopt him. His reasoning is that his family is supportive, engaging, embracing, has standards, requires him to live up to those standards, and as he calls them "those other people don't and are not my family".

So no, he has not renounced the Sperm Clan, but he has relegated them to the back burner of his life.

He informed the half sister about the adoption when my Aunt jumped the gun with a FB post. He asked her to not tell Sperm Grandhag or the Sperm Idiot and that he would call them when it was done. It was a done deal a few hours later so the Sperm Clan adults had no chance to intervene legally even if they had the resources to do so. They also did not call him so it appears half sis honored his request.

I spoke with him from the airport on Sunday and he indicated that he had tried to call Sperm Dad and Sperm Grandhag but they would not answer. No doubt there will be drama but ... we will address it as the three musketeers that we have been since before he turned 2.

Aniki-Moderator's picture

How nice to hear some wonderful news! Congratulations to you, your bride, and your son!!! Biggrin

Rags's picture

Thanks everyone. It was an amazing week. That is for sure.

Now I get 6 more days of bachelor status then my bride comes home.