The Kelley family and Wednesday are done. Let me tell you about our last few Wednesdays.
8/29 - A 24 hour hospital stay with fever and low blood counts. Joshua was really mad because our family trip to the lake was cancelled.
9/5 - Another hospital stay. This time only 14 hours with fever and potential pnemeunia. But to make up for the short time, it was all spent in the emergency room. This stay cancelled a trip home for Andi and me.
9/12 - A seemingly normal appointment in the clinic for chemo and a spinal tap was complicated by Joshua's struggle with low blood sugar. This had never happened before and caused Joshua to sleep alot, sweat alot, and just feel yucky. In turn, the spinal tap was moved to the next week.
9/19 - This week included both the spinal tap and an EEG. To do an EEG, Joshua needed to sleep no more than 6 hours. Also, he could not eat 8 hours before the spinal tap. A tough day for a 3 year old.
9/26 - Next week we go back to check Joshua's blood counts. They have recently dropped due to the recent increase in chemo medications.
So there you go. Wednesdays stink, so be prepared: what will happen this week? Earthquake? Flood? Locusts? Could be. If you need to find us this Wednesday, we'll be locking ourselves in the house waiting for the apocolypse.
3 comments:
You are so tough Joshua. You are the strongest and bravest kid I know. Keep hanging in there buddy. (Also, if I had to have a spinal tap, I would want more than some Fruit Loops as a treat.)
-Andy P.
So sorry that Wednesdays have turned into such yucky days. Here's praying that this next one will be better:)
Hey Jana, I have just read your entire blog (Thanks for leaving a comment so I could find you). This is such an amazing trial that you have been through and are going through. I am always amazed at how God equips and undergirds His people in their times of need. And I am impressed at how you all consistantly turned to Him. I wish I had known you before so that I could have been involved in all of the prayer, but I will start now and pray that Joshua's cell count will be up next wednesday.What a trooper! I'm also going to add you to my links so I can check back.
Your baby girl is adorable...I wish I had one..sigh...
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