“There is something on the scan.”
Six little words that hold so much meaning. These six words were followed by a non-emotional, young emergency room doctor asking if we wanted to know what they saw.
Being a two-time cancer survivor myself, I wanted to beg the doctor not to say another word and to allow us to hang on to those last moments of blissfully not knowing. However, my husband, American Airlines First Officer Thomas Christiansen, said he wanted to know.
Thomas Christiansen
“There are three lesions on your brain,” said the doctor. My husband turned to me and voiced his gratitude that he had not suffered a stroke, which is what he had feared. My heart broke twice in that cold, sterile ro…
