Hey everyone! Today was a relatively slow day for Jamie, medically anyway. Tomorrow, however, is another story. Tomorrow morning she will be having her first bone marrow biopsy since the transplant. It’s essentially where they —->insert a needle at the small of your back and push it into bone, drawing out a sample of the [...]
It was wonderful to see the boys even though it was really a short visit. They didn’t arrive until late on Friday and left early Sunday afternoon. We had basically Saturday together, but couldn’t really go anywhere because I’m still not up to par. Their visit did raise my spirits. I ate more than I [...]
As I write this the family is gathered around (sans Joshua) watching Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. If you haven’t seen it, you should. Jake and I saw it in the theaters when it was released and found it to be quite entertaining. But I digress. I’m just so happy that our family [...]
I’m just going to do a quick update. I’m feeling better. They prescribed me a cough syrup with codeine and it’s actually making a difference. I’m getting some more sleep instead of coughing all night, so that’s been really helpful. This morning a nurse came to the apartment to show mom how to flush my [...]
Jamie’s cough continues to persist and unfortunately is making it very difficult for her to sleep or keep food down. She saw her transplant doctor today and was told it’s looking likely it may be the first symptoms of graft vs. host. That may sound bad, but it’s actually kind of a good thing. As [...]
Continue reading about The Cough Persists… BUT There is also Good News
When Joshua was first born, Jake wanted nothing to do with him. We would tell him: “Jake, you’re a big brother now” to which he would reply “I’m not a big brother, I’m Jacob!”. His jealousy was so obvious, you would almost purposefully pick up Joshua just to watch Jake drop whatever he was doing [...]
Firstly, I’d like to thank everyone who has been praying for Jamie’s “cold”. I know it seems like we do a lot of THANKING around here, but it’s all well deserved as there is much to be thankful for. We were able to get some of the results back today from the tests Jamie underwent [...]
Continue reading about A Quick Jamie Update (well maybe not so quick.)
As Jamie mentioned in her last post, she’s been dealing with an unrelenting cough since she’s left the hospital. Last night she also ran a low grade fever, but it never reached the 100.5 mark the doctors had defined as a fever they needed to know about. During her daily check-up today, she was told [...]
We finally made it to the apartment. It was a long day of waiting. We’ve pretty much moved in at this point. The place is quite large. Each bedroom has a walk-in closet. There’s specific place to hook up your computer. The beds are decent and so are both bathrooms. We’re actually impressed by all [...]
We get to leave, but the process is long so I’ll be stuck here most of the day. I’m looking forward to eating food NOT made by a cafeteria. I miss sitting on a couch and sleeping in a real bed. I really miss home, but the apartment will be a step up. Both mom [...]