John had to stay in emergency from6:30 p.m. yesterday to about 2: p.m. today. He is back on 6100 and has a phone so you can give him a call. He is not feeling too bad and the fever is down so the antibiotics are working. They are giving him the Cadillac of antibiotics. He had his stemgen injections today so that is continuing. He is having sweat attacks but that seems to go with the drop in his blood counts. He had to receive two units of blood today because his red counts got too low. This is not unusual for a chemo patient, nor are the fevers. he does have a sore spot just under his jaw, very tender to the touch. They are going to check into it more tomorrow via ultrasound.
So...for tomorow we have:1. blood work 8:00- Cancer centre (they can just wheel him over) 2. Stemgen injection 3. Possible line insertion to hook him up to the harvest machine. His pic line is not strong enough for that. 4. Ultrasound for jaw pain 5. Appointment at eye specialist for Chris. I feel like canceling that but John says no! That reminds me to find a pair of sunglasses because Dr. M. will probably dilate my eyes. The only good thing about this appointment that it is at Med. Arts bulding just across the river from the hospital. Pray that I get in and out of there super fast because I hate to not be at the hospital making sure everything is going O.K. Things can get missed. Today emergency was supposed to give him his new pain patch and did not. I did get the nurses on 6100 to get that took care of so he wouldn't get too sore.
Tonight I got three phone calls and I am amazed at how many people are praying. This has a calming effect on me. I guess God knew that I was going into high stress mode and needed reminding that He is there.
One other thing that you could pray for is that all our family would be healthy at Christmas. We so much want everybody to be able to get together and nobody having to stay away. We find this aspect of the Cancer treatment, making John so vulnerable to infection the hardest to deal with. We miss everybody and not being able to do things like go to the Christmas banquet or see our grandkids because they are sick.
Anyway...till tomorrow...
Tonight I got three phone calls and I am amazed at how many people are praying. This has a calming effect on me. I guess God knew that I was going into high stress mode and needed reminding that He is there.
One other thing that you could pray for is that all our family would be healthy at Christmas. We so much want everybody to be able to get together and nobody having to stay away. We find this aspect of the Cancer treatment, making John so vulnerable to infection the hardest to deal with. We miss everybody and not being able to do things like go to the Christmas banquet or see our grandkids because they are sick.
Anyway...till tomorrow...
3 comments:
Thanks for the update. I was going to call you when we got home but thought you might be sleeping. I'll try again. I wish we could just get together. SOON. I will be praying in the meantime. We had a time of praying for you all at the Church Banquet. This morning Kevin asked what wuold be our hope for this Christmas. John's healing was at the top of the list for alot of us. WE love you all and are looking forward to the day when this is over, John is healed and we can get together again.
We will continue to pray for John's healing. This morning at school I will give the usual update and we will be sure to pray for John and for you. I pray that everyone will be healthy by Christmas.
I'm so sorry to (hear) read and I'll pray for you and John that everything works out fine. Hugs xxx
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