Help Heal The Hutchison Family!

Hi friends,

 

As most of you know my sister and her family are facing something that none of us ever want to walk through. Especially alone. Tyson started his grueling treatment today of both chemo and radiation and will be out of work for at least 8 weeks. Ty is the families only source of income while Heather is a stay at home mom with 4 babies, 2 which are homeschooling. Over the next couple of months life will continue to happen along side treatment and I would love to be able to ease their minds for the coming months with bills, insurance, expenses that aren’t covered, gas to and from treatment daily, whatever they need to make this process easier to bear. Cancer is not cheap. Tyson is strong, and ready to fight but I know it would give him some peace of mind if finances weren’t something that needed to be worried about over the next 2 months. He is a hard worker and has done a dang good job thus far supporting his wife and beautiful children. Now I want to help. This is a marathon, not a sprint. The road to healing is long and stressful. I would love it if you could donate, even if it’s small. I know many of you have asked how you can help. Some of you are not local and want to help. This is one way. Some of you have volunteered food and help with the kids, and we appreciate all of you. So very much. Anything helps, prayers are powerful and the best thing we can do for all of them right now. God is good. Please keep them coming. One of the great things about growing up in a small town is the way we all rally around our people when they are in need. If you can give, please do. I would also love it if you could share so we can get this out to anyone who wants to help this sweet family. Let’s lift them up during these hard times. Praying for complete healing over Tyson. Amen.

 

 

below you will find the back story from my sister Heather❤️

 

On December 16th 2021 I sat in the parking lot of a surgery center waiting on my husband to be done with a dreaded colonoscopy because of some issues that had presented themselves over the last couple of months. The nurse called me and said I could pull around the back and they would bring him out in 5 mins because his recovery time was ending. 5 mins turned into 45 mins and many others were wheeled out and still no sign of Tyson. I was anxiously texting Tyson saying “what is going on? Is everything ok?” He said he was waiting on the doctor. About 10 mins later he came out, and I could see the look on his face and I knew it couldn’t be good. He got into the truck with tears in his eyes and says “They found a mass. He’s 99% certain its cancer”.

 

Our lives instantly started spiraling. Appointments, scans, bloodwork, 4 new doctors, pathology, radiation/chemo. 9 days before Christmas and we certainly weren’t feeling merry and bright. We were feeling scared and overwhelmed. The anxiety and stress around the word “cancer” is real. We waited 8 days for pathology just to confirm what we already knew. We waited 8 more for our oncology appt and a review of his scans to see if the cancer had spread. Those days of waiting were torture. Emotions were high. I was sick with worry. Ty was different. Obviously. Quiet. Cried more than I’d seen in 10 years of knowing him. I had zero idea how to navigate this unsettling time. I knew I needed to take care of my kids, celebrate Christmas, our baby boy turning 1 and a new year but how? How do we do this when this is happening and whyyyyy is this happening? My mom is the angel that continued to make sure things were happening as they should. We cried, we hid our emotions from our kids, we pretended and smiled even when it was almost impossible.

 

On January 3rd we had our appt with the oncologist who reviewed scans with us. The cancer had spread to near by lymph nodes but not to any distant organs. THANK YOU JESUS. This was the best possible news for the worst possible scenario. We quickly put a plan in place with oncology and had our radiation appt the next day. They have collaboratively made a plan for Tyson in an effort to give him the best care possible. The doctors that he has been blessed with are knowledgeable and confident and we are thankful for everyone who has made appts, and lined things up for us. Everyone has been so good to us. We are scared. We are overwhelmed. We are worried.

 

This morning when we had to pack up to leave the keys and head home it was a daunting reminder of the reality that faces us when we get home.

 

Tyson has had his port placed and on the 17th he will start a difficult treatment plan every week day for 6 weeks. Both chemo and radiation in conjunction with one another. The doctors have told us this is extremely difficult. They have told us numerous times that this next 6-8 weeks will be one of the most trying times but it is doable.

 

We weren’t “supposed” to be on this journey. Ironically, we planned to be leaving on a cross country road trip with our kids on January 3rd while Daddy worked remotely for awhile to connect and heal from things that 2021 had already thrown at us BUT instead we were sitting in an oncology office, hands locked tightly together, nervous AF for the news we were about to hear. We are still homeschooling in order to reduce the amount of germs brought home while Daddy is on treatment. The boys are doing well thus far and I know it will be tough but our dreams are still valid and we WILL get through this.

 

So friends , if you’ve made it this far I would love it if you could please stop and say a prayer for my sweet husband. He is in fact the best thing that has ever happened to me. To any of us. He is my person. I love him so very much. Pray for our kids who are scared too, as cancer is no stranger to our family and the word alone shook their worlds like nothing else. Together, we can do anything. God is good and I’ve already seen him working. ✨We are thankful for all of your prayers as we fight like hell to get our best man well. ❤️