Today was a rather slow day, with Ken having to go back to work this morning and not returning until tomorrow. Very lonely and boring, watching the clock go round. Luckily, Becky came to visit tonight to liven the situation. Tim certainly remembered her and had lots of stories for her!
Timothy received his last dose of chemo today (for this round). He was pretty grumpy and feeling yucky so he ended up needing some Gravol, after which he purked up quite a bit. He is rather "puffy" from the meds. Tomorrow they will teach me how to flush his Hickman catheter at home to keep it clean and also how to give him his daily injections of GCSF, an expensive drug used to boost the white blood cell count. Tim's platelets are excellent but his RBCs are borderline so he may require a blood transfusion tomorrow before we go home. (this takes about 4 hours!) So hopefully all goes well tomorrow and we can head home to St. George!
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I'm happy to read your reports on Timothy's improved health and ongoing treatment, Shauna and Ken. I just can't imagine what you are going through and don't even know what to say just that you're in our thoughts and prayers. We pray for your continued strength and trust in the Lord for everything. Irene
It was great to come and see you and Tim! I had to hold back tears as I saw him as I was just so happy to see him and hold him again! We've missed his smiles and giggles in our house and it was so good to see them again! We will continue to pray for you all, especially 'baby Bim' as Anna calls him.
Thanks for updating and I pray that you will be able to come home soon!
Just to let you know we think of and pray for you all every day. Thanks for the blog updates!
Just wanted to let you know that Otto and I are keeping you and your family in our prayers. The prognosis sounds good! I will share this current information with our praying friends!
Our love to you------
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