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.