Time Flies By

Hi everyone. I have loads of updates. I will condense things.

1. Gary has been having very high fevers. So, he is on 3 antibiotics via IV at home 4X a day to combat any infection he might have.
2. Gary is neutropenic - His white count is only 200 and the normal range is 4000-11000. If you are sick or have been sick or have family memebers who are sick please do not come over to visit Gary.
3. Gary is struggling with pain still in his sciatic. He had Part 1 of 2 for his MRI today on his spine. Tomorrow he has the other part.
4. Gary had more blood transfusions this weekend and he will have 2 more tomorrow and Wednesday to raise his hemoglobin hopefully.
5. Gary feels very sick from this round of chemo. His joints are painful and he basically feels like hell.
6. Gary is utterly exhausted and extremely weak.

So, basically the majority of people suffering what Gary is suffering through would be in the hospital right now. Dr. Barth is ready to hospitalize Gary at any time.

I feel very fortunte that Dr. Barth is allowing me to care for Gary at home. Gary requires so much care and there are so many things to do for Gary from hydration to antibiotics to wound care to bag drainages to tube feedings and on and on. The Hoag nursing staff trained me very well and I am very confident in my abilities to care for him at home as long as I can.

We will have repeat scans soon to determine whether or not the cancer is responding to the current regimen of treatments. Also, Gary will have the sciatic nerve surgery probably next week barring anymore complications.

So, we have been very busy and I have not had a chance to blog.

I want to thank ALL of my girlfriends who have come to my house and helped me to take care of Gary and the kids while I worked or ran errands! Thank you for doing my laundry or cleaning up my house. Thank you for loving on our kids! I love you all and thank you sooooooooo much!!

We have lots of doctor appointments this week and I will update probably on Wednesday. My Mom is coming Saturday and that should be a huge help.

Gary just finished a Famous Star and Milkshake! He gained 5 pounds last week! He is hanging in there and trying hard to be positive.

Please pray for the following things for Gary:

1. Pray that Gary stays focused on the here and now. Pray the his counts rebound and he is able to have the surgery next week so that his pain can be alleviated.
2. Pray that Gary gets lots of deep rest and pray that he does not become sick with such low white counts.
3. Pray that he finds some peace while he deals with unimaginable pain day in and day out.
4. Always pray for healing!

I am off and running! Look for a blog Wednesday night.

Love and Kisses,
Lisa