Cancer Stinks!

On October 5, 2011, I went into the McKay Dee surgical center in Ogden to have my tonsils removed. Instead, the doctors found a cancerous tumor growing behind my tonsils. It's called "Nasopharyngeal Rhabdomyosarcoma" and I'm told it's curable about 80% of the time for someone like me. It's going to be a long road, but I think it's going to be 100%.

Saturday, November 12, 2011

In the Hospital again...

After Lynnette's last post on Thursday, the home health nurse came by to draw blood.  Unfortunately, Jeremy was running a fever at that time, and when the test results came back, his ANC count had dropped to 100.  The two conditions required him to be admitted, and now here we are on Saturday night and they are still at Primary's.  The fever comes and goes, but until he can keep it away for more than 24 hours, he has to stay there.  Since he really can't eat anything right now, it's best he's there anyway to get fluids and nutrients through his port.  The surgery to get the 'G' tube is scheduled now for Wednesday, but if he stays through Monday, they will try to get him into the schedule early.  That would be great, as he can start getting more nutrients that way, and we can bring him home and hydrate him better here.  Staying hydrated should help keep his fevers down and with his throat so sore, he just doesn't want to eat anything.
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  1. AnonymousNovember 14, 2011 at 9:45 AM

    "I am mindful of you always in my prayers, continually praying unto God the Father in the name of his Holy Child, Jesus, that he, through his infinite goodness and grace, will keep you through the endurance of faith on his name to the end."

    Moroni 8:3 in The Book of Mormon

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  2. AnonymousNovember 15, 2011 at 7:54 PM

    Thank you so much for letting me know more about Jeremy. It was wonderful to read your blog. Jeremy will continue to be in my prayers and thoughts. He is a wonderful little boy and I know the Lord will bless him. May He bless your entire family during this time.

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