THE JOURNEY ENDS TODAY

This is going to be a difficult one to write. My little break has turned into a show stopper. I never thought I would be writing these words here or now but the journey is over. There was a medical issue with my brother that put me in a holding pattern a few days back. I was told by a doctor at the hospital that he was "at the end of his road " and that he would not be surprised to read about him in the obituaries in two days or so. He was admitted into the hospital and tests and panels were immediately run on him. He was stabilized but as the specialist told me he was going to need some help if was going to survive this. After four days in this hospital, he was released to me and I drove him directly to St. Louis, where he was put on a direct flight to California. He is now back there meeting with the necessary doctors to try to save him. They are not sure he will get a transplant organ in time, so I am going back home to be there for a surgery that may require me giving him a portion of my liver in a procedure that will hopefully prolong his life. We share the same blood type, the same parents, both males and are only separated by two years. The doctor said that these and other variables may make me the perfect donor. So with that said, I am on my way home to try and make this happen and at the same time ease some of my moms suffering. I don't know what is going to happen but I do know what will happen if I don't go. The choice to leave our journey is a difficult one, but one I have made, knowing that is what Mackenzie would have insisted on and knowing it is taking me where I belong right now. I will continue the journey as soon as humanly possible. If I am needed, I will do what is necessary, recover and go. If I am not needed, I will ensure he is going to be fine, and then continue. At this time I cant say how long it will be but I can promise it will happen. The only way that it won't is if something happens to me. I am sorry to those involved and have been honored to have had the opportunity to share with you the journey to this point. Most of all I am sorry Mackenzie, but I cant help but wonder if this may have something to do with the constant struggles that kept me close enough to react. I guess that only time will tell. I will continue to blog when possible to keep any whom are still interested informed on how this all turns out and when I will be back at it. I only ask that if you are one who prays, that you include my brother Ed in them. Know that it is with a heavy heart that I leave this journey on hold and my apologies to those waiting on the other side, especially Rob and Andy and the kids. I will be in touch and I will be home soon. Thank you from Mackenzie and I both, for sharing the journey with us to this point, it will continue.