Bobby, husband, father and Papa to six beautiful grandchildren is a proud Veteran of the United States Air Force and currently a Texas Department of Criminal Justice Correctional Officer IV with the Rudd Unit in Brownfield. After losing his brother to a sudden heart attack in December of 2016, I kept encouraging him to get a complete check up. In November of 2016 he was diagnosed with a blockage i
n the right coronary artery and a stent was placed. For about two weeks he was more energetic and feeling good. Then he started getting fatigued easily, shortness of breath, dizziness and headaches. He was admitted into the hospital on January 5, 2017 for severe anemia. His hemoglobin was 5.7 and received 3 blood transfusions. On January 7, 2017 he had an endoscopy of the upper GI where they found a large bleeding tumor at the junction of his esophagus and stomach. He was diagnosed with Esophageal Adenocarcinoma. January 16th, he had a PET scan that revealed not only did he have the esophageal tumor but he also had a tumor in a lymph node between his kidneys, which then made him Stage 4 in the cancer staging. Aggressive chemo treatments were started January 23, 2017 and he will eventually have radiation added to the regime and then hopefully it will reduce down and he will be able to have surgery at MD Anderson in Houston. Update September 5, 2020
Bobby had to do an early retirement and go on disability in 2019. He was put on Hospice in February 2019 with only 2 weeks at most for life expectancy. After the 1st week he went into respite care for 5 days and during that time his mind started clearing, he started eating and eventually was returning to normal. He was taken off Hospice in July 2019 after only being on it for 5 months. He resumed immunotherapy and has done very well. The tumor did grow to the point he couldn't eat so a stent was placed and it didn't stay in. March 2020 he had lost down to 135 lbs. They put in another stent as well as a PEG. The stent stayed in place and he has been able to eat and so far hasn't had to use the PEG. As of August 2020 he has gained his weight back up to 185 lbs and looking much more healthy. He is gaining strength and he is a true miracle. He wouldn't be here if it wasn't for our amazing prayer warriors.
