Though there was talk of Ian coming home yesterday, the doctors have decided to keep Ian inpatient until he is out of neutropenia land. His counts are currently bottomed out, so he's surviving on blood transfusions in the meantime. His mouth, tongue and GI tract are all torn up from the chemo, but he is still able to eat and hold down food.
We don't know what happened to cause that horrible fever, but we suspect it was a blood infection from sloppy handling of his port in the CT scan room of the emergency department. Thank you so much for the flood of prayer that poured in for Ian during that scary ordeal. Ian's room was swarming with concerned doctors and nurses and they were talking seriously about moving him to ICU when I posted on the blog and Facebook about our need for emergency prayer. It was an amazing shift that took place from that point on - the room seemed to calm down and Ian started coming back to himself. Soon after that the doctor told me, "By looking at his face, I can tell he's going to be ok. His vitals aren't showing it yet, but they will follow. Don't worry, he's going to be ok." Soon all his vitals were stable, and he has been stable ever since.
One new thing they discovered on that fateful scan in the emergency department was lesion on his right femur.
They did a MRI scan of it last night and we are still waiting for more information. We are sure there are more bone biopsies to come - on this femur. Ian has had a strange headache that started several hours after the MRI scan that seems to be related to the gadolinium contrast they used which is suspected to permanently accumulate in the brain. Please pray this lifts soon and this lesion is nothing serious. We really don't want a new cancer to deal with on top of this.
They did a MRI scan of it last night and we are still waiting for more information. We are sure there are more bone biopsies to come - on this femur. Ian has had a strange headache that started several hours after the MRI scan that seems to be related to the gadolinium contrast they used which is suspected to permanently accumulate in the brain. Please pray this lifts soon and this lesion is nothing serious. We really don't want a new cancer to deal with on top of this.
I'm trying to get back in a rhythm of some sort this week for homeschool, realizing that change will be our only constant for many months ahead. I'm also trying to be present, trying to take care of myself, trying to take lots of deep breaths and remember grace and the power of Divine strength in my very human weakness.
Thank you all for your love, thoughts, and prayers ❤️
Oh my. Sending you lots of love.
ReplyDeleteIf there's such a thing...I'm praying SUPER Prayers for you guys. God is the superest superhero there is so I think it's appropriate. Being far away and basically on the outside looking in is super hard but that being said, Christy no one can understand what you are going through and I lift you up and pray that you would continuously feel held by the Heavenly Father! If this seems incoherent...Jesus knows❤️Love you guys
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