October 21, 2009

Sorry to be so long again in between postings, but things have been a bit on the hectic side.
The good news is we came home from the hospital last Thursday night, his pancreatitis was on the mend, his pneumonia was getting better, he came off the blood pressure medicine and the antibiotics and we are hopeful the diabetes will go away soon.
While we were in the hospital, we received the VERY BEST of care from all of his nurses. I can't seem to find the words that describe the ultimate in patience and understanding exhibited by every one of the nurses who cared for Jon. We were fortunate to have Abby (Jon's favorite) back for a few shifts, Nicole (such a sweetheart) for the weekend nights, Stacy, who really had the patience of a saint with Jon throughout all the time he could not eat or drink, and all the others! They truly made us feel like a part of their family with all the loving care they each provided.
Friday and Saturday, it was a little touch and go as to whether we would have to return to the ER due to a few complications but fortunately, we worked through them and were able to stay home.
Monday, we returned to the clinic for daily chemo treatments and will be ongoing for 3 weeks now. So far he seems to be improving daily from his issues while in the hospital. We really appreciate all the prayers and know they work as he was setting records as to how fast he recovered from the pancreatitis, according to the doctors. I know Jon felt like it was taking forever, but at least we did not have to stay up to 4 weeks, like others have had to do with the same illness.
His numbers are really looking good at this time and we are hopeful that he will be able to attend his boy scout meeting on Thursday to see all of his buds.
We have about 5 more weeks to go and if all that goes well, we should be able to go on a maintenance program that will decrease the amount of time we have to go to the clinic to once every 5-8 days for awhile.
He is able to do schoolwork again this week and started his medical terminology class online today at the clinic. We are hopeful that he will have a lot of good days and be able to catch up on his schoolwork.
Take care and again thank you for the prayers.

October 9, 2009

Well, we did finally get the last dose of radiation today so we are completely finished with that!!!!! YAY!!!!
However, Jon has developed pneumonia and had to receive a transfusion today that he is having a reaction to. He is still in pain and still cannot have anything
by mouth. We have several doctors monitoring almost hourly to help overcome these challenges so please please keep him in your prayers as they do make a difference!
Thank you so much!!!

October 7,2009

Well, we are almost finished with radiation, and that is good news as we are back at the hospital due to complications from the chemotherapy. We had to go to the ER early Tuesday morning as Jon developed pancreatitis and is currently on a morphine pump for the pain. We have been told this is a side effect from some of the chemo medicine that he has had to take. Alongside this complication, since his pancreas is not working as it should, he is back on insulin since his blood sugar has also been affected.

He cannot take anything by mouth including his medicines so those, with his liquids and food product (in liquid form) are all being administered through the port in his chest. His numbers have dropped as well so he cannot have any visitors but hopefully will be able to reduce the amount of morphine soon so at least he can correspond over the internet. We do not yet know how long it will take to get him better but please keep him in your prayers and we will keep you posted on his progress.

Thanks so much for thinking of us.