Preparations for a Journey

We are starting on a long journey with our son, Michael.  Michael had just started the semester at Iowa State in Ames.  He was so thrilled to be back and start taking his life back after having to miss out on the Spring Semester due to his previous treatment for Lymphoma.  But things changed with his check up at Mayo on September 2.  A mass was seen on the PET Scan and a biopsy followed the next day.  Five days later we found out that he will first have chemo to shrink the tumor in his mediastinum (in the space by his heart).  Then he will start the Bone Marrow Transplant.  That  process will also involve more chemo prior to the transplant of his own bone marrow. 
It will  be a long process with likely many bumps on the road.  We do not know when the process will start, nor how long it will take.  We have many questions and we have to wait for now to find the answers.
At this time it looks like the transplant will be at Mayo.   Michael and I (Brenda) will be living up there for several months.  Mark and Melissa will be at home working, holding down the home front and hopefully coming up for visits and for a week here and there.
While we have many questions unanswered, we know that we have many prayers coming our way already.   It is truly a help to us and we thank you.  And we can't thank you enough for all of those who have been such a big support from earlier in the year as well.  Thank all of you for helping "Michael be a Miracle".