Suspicious lump in Lulu's breast

Today I'm thankful for...
Having wonderful patients and parents to treat in my office
Being free to make choices
Never working a day in my life, because I don't see what I do as work
Being there for my little girl Lourdes everyday

What in the world does it mean to have a suspicious lump in your breast? Lulu called me from the OB's office while I was seeing patients in the AM, at first I couldn't comprehend what she was attempting to tell me though the sobs and crying. After what seemed like an hour (though more like 1 minute), I thought I had understood her to tell me that the doctor (OB) had examined her breast and that he was very concerned about it's shape and he felt strongly that Lulu should have a mammogram and ultrasound stat (one of those doctor words for should have done it yesterday). I was sure that either I had heard her wrong, or the doctor was off his rocker? My wife was only 40 years old and that's just too young to have odd shaped breasts (that's something that happens to old women or women with bad breast augmentations)?

This was one of those life altering moments, and to be quite frank I was getting kind of tired of bad news by now. How many life altering things happen to us in our life times? Maybe 4 or 5, we've just had two within a couple of weeks. We have a little fragile, struggling girl in the NICU, this just isn't the best time to have to find out that your wife might have breast cancer.

I gave Lulu the best support I could think of at the time, and that was I'm here for you, I love you, and whether or not this terrible news could be true we live this together.

You know how people say that when you are told something that could change your life forever you can usually remember the conversation, but afterwords you don't hear, feel, or comprehend anything else. This was so true for me. I finished my day in total shock.