Show Judy I love you Wall Fenton Contributing Writer Two weeks before Christmas my wife told me meshe meshe meshe she had just found a lump in her breast Thoughts of life and death flashed through my mind How full life can be but how quickly it can be betaken betaken betaken taken or altered On the third Thursday of January I checked my wife into the hospital as an out out- patient Prior to this we had consulted three different doctors doctors doctors doc doc- tors and all had assured us that the tumor was not malignant After sitting in the waiting room for an hour and a half fear started to overwhelm me The doctor entered the waiting room with his head bent forward and quickly escorted escorted escorted es es- es- es me to a room set off from the others He closed both doors leading into the room for complete privacy The doctor didn't need to tell me my wife had breast cancer cancer cancer can can- but he did Our religious leaders were called and the thoughts and prayers of family friends and neighbors were felt I felt particularly particularly particularly par par- blessed that we had acted quickly How do you tell your children that their mother has cancer To this day I cannot cannot cannot can can- not remember how I told them but their need to be by her side was immediate The gloom of the waiting room as surgery was performed performed performed per per- formed the next day was al almost almost almost al- al most unbearable That weekend was filled with tears and laughter as we waited for forthe forthe forthe the pathologist report Someone was at my wife's side constantly and didn't care when she fell asleep inthe inthe in inthe the middle of a sentence I mostly sat in the corner of the room waiting My prayers were answered The pathologists pathologist's report showed no evidence of cancer in the lymph nodes and no treatment was recommended recommended recommended mended except for periodic examinations I could still laugh Life can be fragile but ful ful- ful- ful filling I have been a procrastinator procrastinator procrastinator all my life Never again God does docs live I love you Judy |