Summer Time Update

The last few weeks have been very hard for John. On July 6th John's white blood count was very low. He was given an injection called Neulasta. It works with his bone marrow to make more neutrophils. Because it is stimulating bone marrow it made him feel very sick, but it did the job and brought his white blood count up! His hemoglobin level is not reacting as well to the epogen that is given at dialysis so his levels there continue to stay on the low side. - The hemoglobin is the the oxygen in your red blood cells - when that is low his energy level is low too. The doctor at dialysis just increased his dose last week so hopefully that will do the trick, if not John will have to have another blood transfusion, and he does not want to have to do that again.

John is also having a very hard time with eating consistently. He never really feels like eating and then when he does it is a 65% chance it is not going to stay down :( The best day that he eats is usually on Sunday night then it starts all over again! Probably the biggest prayer right now would be that John's appetite would increase and that he could gain some strength back!

When his white blood count was low Dr Choi (Oncologist) had him stop his treatments for two weeks. Two weeks have now turned into five! Because John is feeling so bad right now Dr Choi decided he should have another PET scan. So back to Good Sams we go! But because he will be getting it done early in the week we should get the results quicker! Waiting for results from the scans can make you crazy! So with all this being said John's physical body is really being put through the ringer. John's attitude continues to be an inspiration to all, but there are days that he just does not feel like getting out of bed - I am actually sitting in bed next to him while I do this blog because it is just one of those days.

I can't believe that our summer here is almost over (mainly because it is 115 degrees outside) But we only have a few more weeks before Alaina goes back to school! She is also freaking her dad and me out by going and turning 10 soon! She has had a very active summer with her grandparents and friends! God has really blessed us by providing an amazing family and awesome friends, that have really made her summer not boring at all!

Thank you all for your continued prayers, I will update the blog as soon as we get the results from the PET scan!