Thank you all for good thoughts and prayers.
This will sound selfish, but it has me flashing back to the night I thought I had appendicitis. I went to the ER, and after hours and hours of tests, the doctor nonchalantly said, "Well, I made you an appointment in the morning with an oncologist", and then walked out of the room. That was how I found out about my ovarian cancer. As if it were yesterday, I can remember sitting in my car in the hospital parking lot, crying my eyes out, wondering how I had ended up so far from my family, and how the world had changed in a matter of hours.
My sister-in-law has had a long history of challenges. She is not aware of how strong she is. I know what she's feeling right now, and how scary it is. Please pray for (or send thoughts of) strength and peace.
(hugs) to everyone from me...and my sister-in-law.