Mike Check

So Mom is really stepping things up as she continues to take great care of my stepdad.

Mike had a rough weekend, prompting Mom, whom you also might know as the sweetest woman in the world, to say on Monday, "If it's a cancer that they missed down there, you can believe I'm going to raise Holy Hell when I get down there today."

And just got off the phone with her a few minutes ago, when she dropped another uncharacteristic Mom line on me. Turns out there isn't a second instance of cancer, but considering the warning the doctors gave her on Monday, that it might be, Mom was nonetheless pissed about the alarm she and Mike have endured for 48 hours. "I want to shoot that first doctor who told us it might have been another cancer." Turns out the radiation from the current cancer is causing some aggravation to some ulcers Mike has.

So the bottom line is that there's no new cancer, just the squamous cell carcinoma, which apparently is known as skin cancer, but Mike's case is a little more complex and there are some internal difficulties. Nonetheless, there are now less than two weeks left of radiation. Your continued thoughts and prayers for Mike are appreciated by us all, so thanks once again very much.