Asking Why is a Waste of Time

Maybe I should have titled this blog 'The Welborn Family Medical Journals'! Sometimes, it seems that's all we ever do - go visit doctors!

We just arrived home from a two-hour trip to Caden's GI doc in the Woodlands. (For those who don't know, my son, Caden, has been battling Crohn's disease for six years, and not very successfully. His case is so difficult that no local doctor will see him, they told us we have to go to Houston.) 

The doctor put Caden on extra meds for the next two weeks because of his bleeding. After that, if he isn't any better, he wants to send him to another doctor who will put him in clinical trials for experimental drugs as there are no more 'approved' medicines for Caden to try-he's been through them all! 

With Caden's record for bad reactions to medicines, that is something I'd like to avoid. We'll pray and see what God's plan is for Caden in two weeks.

Double Rainbow

Next up, a visit to my gynecologist, another ct scan, a planning session with my oncologist and team, my first chemo, an appointment with my dermatologist to get two lesions checked out and next month my daughter goes to Texas Children's to see two specialists. 

We did see a double rainbow on the way home today. What does that mean? - God is God and I'm not and that's all there is to it!