Late Blog

I really had every intention of blogging yesterday but we all know how that goes. Then, after the kids went to bed I was going to sit down and do it before nodding off to sleep. So, the kids are getting ready for bed and Jax is calling me. I get upstairs to his room where the boys are getting their jammies on after taking a long, hot shower and Jax tells me he is itchy.
I ask him where and he tells me everywhere.

I look at his upper body and he has what appears to be big red bumps with a whiter center. YIKES! Chicken Pox I fear! How can this be? He has been vaccinated! Maybe the bumps are bug bites. I try to convince myself of this. I have never had chicken pox. I don't even know what they look like.

I check the computer. I google "chicken pox photos" and I am grossed out by the graphic nature of photos depicting small children with obviously gnarly pox! I want to see what they look like when they first appear. Well, after many searches, I come to the conclusion that the internet will not be the source that helps me to determine whether or not Jax indeed has the pox. He was at the fields last night and maybe they are bites. He was wearing long sleeves and short. No bumps on his legs. The bumps are only on the part of his body that was the most protected. I know. I know. Probably not bites.

I have kept him home from school to see what if anything becomes of the 15 or so bumps on his back, chest, shoulders and arms. So many kids get mild cases of pox even efter being vaccinated. I can't take a chance and send him to school until............yep, another doctor appointment!

Let's see how this seems to work for me. Gary goes to the doctor. Then, he has a break! Yeah no more doctors. But wait. Then one of my kids seems to feel badly that we are not going to the doctor so they get "something" so that we can't stay away from the good old medical office! I NEED TO BREAK THE CYCLE!

I will let you know when I get back from the 10:30 doc appt. Enough about Jax and his itchy red bumps! Now for some good news.

Gary had his procedures yesterday. Everything went well.
No evidence of cancer in his colon or in his stomach. He went in for these procedures because he was having so much pain in his abdominal region. The CT's they have done did not show anything so they had to take a closer look. Gary has Radiation Recall. The radiation has wreaked havoc on his intestines and they are inflamed and damaged right now. This is why he hurts so much. So, we will have to wait for his intestines to heal on their own. There is really nothing they can do. They did give him a prescription. He has to take 3 pills 15 minutes prior to eating anything. This will help to keep the acids and bile off of the lining of his intestines as to not irritate them further.

I hope you all have a great morning. If Jax has the pox let me say now how sorry I am if your kids have played with Jax over the past 3 or 4 days. I will feel terrible if your child gets chicken pox because of my kid! Don't stress yet. We don't know 100% if he even has them.

My friend Angela has been praying specifically that Gary would finally be able to take 10 steps forward instead of always back-pedaling and I think the tests results from yesterday have given Gary his 10 steps forward! Praise God!! Every little bit of good news helps!

Have a great day!
Lisa