..we will make it though this! I got to the hospital this morning around 9am and Josh was sleeping. When he finally woke up he said he had an itch on his nose so I tried to scratch it. He got frustrated that I couldn’t hit the spot and he can’t move his right arm …
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Had a bad day.
Unfortunately today did not get any better. He was in severe pain all day. Between the nurses, the oncologist, the orthopedic surgeon, and me we bugged Dr. Harron to death today. He did finally give Josh another steroid tonight and is letting him had some stronger pain meds. This morning the surgery was set for …
We had a bad night
Around 1am Josh woke me up moaning. He said his head hurt but it hurt where the tumor was and it was the worst pain ever. We got some pain meds but I stayed up watching him all night because of his risk for seizures. His Dilantin level needs to be between 10-20 and his …
The vertict is….
Surgery followed by radiation. This morning first thing I called Dr. Schertz at the cancer center and his secretary told me he was still on vacation until next Monday. So I called Indiana University and was told that Dr. Williams is on medical leave…indefinitely! So I left a message for Dr. Hahn to call me. …
Is this still curable?
I finally bit the bullet and asked Dr. Fintel today. The answer to my most dreaded question was “absolutely” He said we still have several options left: salvage chemotherapy, radiation, or a stem cell rescue. We are still not sure what will happen to the brain tumor. We expect IU to say take it out …
Here we go again….
Last night Josh called me when he got off at 5pm and said that in the past few minutes he has because uncoordinated again, like last time before the brain tumor was discovered. I called and paged Dt. Harron (the brain surgeon) because Dr. Schertz is on vacation. Dr. Harron didn’t call back within a …
Dr. Schertz appointment
Dr. Schertz office visit was Friday, it went well. He basically went over the lab results which we already knew. Josh has an appointment in 2 weeks more more lab work. February 3rd he has another CT of the chest, abdomen, pelvis, and brain we have an office visit a few days after that for …
Goodbye 2008
And so another year came to a close…as I sit here reflecting back over 2008 I look ahead to 2009 with hope…courage…..determination! Yesterday Josh went to his last doctor’s appointment of the year; he had a follow-up with the brain surgeon who has released him from all restrictions. He doesn’t have to see Dr. Harron …
1 more Christmas Present
I hope everyone had a wonderful christmas full of lots of family time. Ours didn’t have enough family time but we thoroughly enjoyed the time we did have! We were truely blessed this christmas. We had lots of help from a few people we knew and lots of help from a few people we didn’t–without …
Merry Christmas everyone
Hey everyone! It’s that time of year again. I am writing this blog entry today because I know that a lot of you only have Internet access at work, and a lot of people are off the entire week next week, so I wanted to be sure to get this to you prior to Christmas! …