I swear, in this family when it rains, it pours. Fresh on the heels of my father-in-law's death from lung cancer, my sister-in-law found out that she had cervical cancer. Fortunately, it was caught very, very early and she will be fine. Tonight, Kevin called his step-mom today to ask her about some paperwork he and his brother need to sign so she can transfer the title on my father-in-law's car, truck and motorcycle and also to see how she was doing. What he found out is that she has breast cancer. They are having a family meeting tonight to discuss her options. The worst thing is that she's known about the lump, which is very deep and is measuring 3 cms, for a while, before Kevin's dad died, but she put off getting it checked out. And she has a family history of breast cancer.....her mother and her aunt both had it. So now we'll be waiting to find out what's going to happen from here.

We did have some good news today. Alison had an appointment at Spina Bifida clinic. I wrote about it in her medical journal. It was nice to go to an appointment and not get bad news. Tomorrow we are headed back to the orthotist to get Alison's brace fixed. She's only had it a little more than a month and managed to pop the nut off one of the screws holding the interior ankle joint together and the nut is nowhere to be found (it's probably at Meijer). Kevin found something to use as a bolt and used a little duct tape, so she can still wear it until it's permanently fixed.