November 26, 2009. Day 16. Happy Thanksgiving!

I truly have a lot to be thankful for, my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,
wonderfully caring family and friends and Jeremy, who has been going
through the most awful things and yet is still an amazing godly man.
I absolutely admire him.

Jeremy's nausea made him sick again today. I talked to the Dr. and
they are checking him for antibiotic induced colitis. He was not able
to eat today, and very little yesterday, so they put him back on TPN.
That is a nutrition iv connected to his pick line. He was already
malnourished and not being able to eat was not good.

His rash was worse again today so they started him on a steroid cream.
We should get the results from the biopsy on Sunday.

His kidney levels were down today:) but his wbc and platelets were up.

It was so nice to see a lot of family today, we all decided we'll celebrate
thanksgiving together when Jeremy gets out of the hospital. And he can
actually eat!:) I did have the turkey dinner at the cafeteria and it was
really good! A great buy for $4! :)

God is good!

"Surely God is my help; the Lord is the one who sustains me."
Psalm 54:4



November 25, 2009. Day 15. Another jump down on all Jeremy's levels today! Yeah!!!
His hemoglobin is low though:(

Last night and today he has really been struggling
with nausea. This morning after his cereal he got sick
in the bathroom, so I had the nurse page the Dr. and we got
one of his meds switched to one that doesn't have a side effect
of nausea. He was wiped out after that and slept a lot. It got better but
then tonight it started getting bad again, even after the anti-nausea med.
Please pray for no more nausea!

His rash is still bad so they called in the dermatologist to look at it and
he did a biopsy. He was pretty sure it is from the medicine Jeremy is
taking but he's been on so many that it makes it difficult. This Dr. was
extremely eccentric, I seriously thought we were on candid camera or something!
I kept checking his name tag to make sure it matched with his picture and the
name on his coat! This guy was out there, but he knew what he was doing-I think!:)

The ultrasound showed that the liver abscess is still there, smaller but there. It is toward the back side of the liver. Dr.s thinking that he'll need another drain put in:( We won't know for sure til he can have a ct scan after his kidney's improve more.
So, we wait. And pray:)

I cannot thank you all enough for your encouraging words and prayers.
I pray the Lords blessing on you for coming along side us and helping us through.

Have a 'thankful' Thanksgiving!!

Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.
Psalm 118:1