My Nate-Nate

I have been debating about whether or not to post this for days and days now. I spent several hours talking with a true friend this afternoon and now feel like I have to post this. About a month and a half ago, we noticed that the left side of Nate's mouth was not working quite right. It just didn't move the way that the right side of his mouth did. He saw his regular pediatrician who couldn't find anything wrong with him at all. She did say, though, that she'd call and run it past a pediatric neurologist for us. She called back and said that they thought it was probably just a very mild Bell's Palsy. They did a CBC and it was totally normal. We were supposed to call back if it didn't go away in a few weeks. For a while, it seemed like it was getting better. It wasn't nearly as pronounced as when we first noticed it. So we spoke with his pediatrician and decided it was nothing. Well, it's still not gone. I called his regular doc back and they referred us to one of the pediatric neurologists. I called and spoke to this doc's nurse who told me that they were extremely busy and she wasn't sure that they'd be able to fit me in at all--Like it would be months. She said that she'd speak to the doc and get back to me. Well, she called back an hour later and said that they want to see Nate this coming Thursday. The doctor is concerned because of Alan's (Nate's) family history. Alan had Leukemia in high school, his younger brother had a brain tumor in high school, and his oldest brother had Testicular cancer a few years ago. So now I'm doing everything I can NOT to think about why they scheduled him so soon. I'm so scared. I can't write anymore because I can't let myself think about the possibilities. I am not going to go down that road. I am going to stay positive because there's nothing to worry about until there's something to worry about. I really didn't want to post this on my blog because I don't want people worrying about this unnecessarily. I don't want to make a big deal about this. But I do want to ask for your prayers. Don't do it for me, but please do it for Nate. I'm just asking that he be included in your prayers for the next week. I really need him to be okay. I need for Heavenly Father to know how many people love Nate and want him to be healthy. Okay, even saying that much is going too far. I have to stop. But please, if you pray, and even if you don't or haven't in a while, please pray to whoever or whatever you pray to, that Nate is okay. Thank you so much. Emily