This past weekend dad was having some pain in his back. Sunday it got unbearable and mom took him to the Urgent Care. Come to find out he has another kidney stone which is about 1/2 of an inch. He was transferred to St. Joes Mercy in Ann Arbor Sunday night. This morning I went up there and stayed with him, he received a stint that goes from his kidney to his bladder. Its there to keep it open so that the stone doesn't block his urethra (which is what it was doing). This is just a temporary fix, he will need to get it blasted out in the very near future. After he woke up he was feeling so much better! He was joking around with me and getting out of bed! He also received 2 units of blood because his red blood cells were low. Once he was given permission to eat he really couldn't because of the burning in his esophagus. Mom ended up coming up after she got off work and sat with us and had dinner with me. He is doing much better and we are hoping he will come home tomorrow.
We will keep everyone updated on his progress!!!
The Peardons
Monday, March 28, 2011
Friday, March 25, 2011
The end of the beginning
Hello everyone!! Well today was dads last day of chemo and radiation for the next month! He probably won't do any more radiation, but he will most likely start chemo again. In the next month he will still be tired and warn out just because the radiation and chemo are built up in his system! He is having trouble eating today because his esophagus is burned and irritating him right now. Other than that and the normal tiredness he is doing good!
We are happy to say he no longer needs his blood pressure medications, his bp has been great! We did have to get fluids one day last week because his bp dropped..but it went up and he felt fine! This next month will be kind of tough due to the fact that he will be coming down from the radiation and chemo. His body has gotten used to it for the past 2 months and he will be very tired and worn down.
Dad finally shaved off his beard...we knew it was coming after he shaved his head! He looks good, and we are all aware it will grow back, it is a little bit of an adjustment to us all because we have never seen him without one. The ladies at radiation were poking fun of him and calling him baby face :)
We are all doing good, staying busy as usual!
Again this is going to be a short one, hope everyone is doing well!
We are happy to say he no longer needs his blood pressure medications, his bp has been great! We did have to get fluids one day last week because his bp dropped..but it went up and he felt fine! This next month will be kind of tough due to the fact that he will be coming down from the radiation and chemo. His body has gotten used to it for the past 2 months and he will be very tired and worn down.
Dad finally shaved off his beard...we knew it was coming after he shaved his head! He looks good, and we are all aware it will grow back, it is a little bit of an adjustment to us all because we have never seen him without one. The ladies at radiation were poking fun of him and calling him baby face :)
We are all doing good, staying busy as usual!
Again this is going to be a short one, hope everyone is doing well!
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Update!!
First off I would like to apologize for how long it has taken me to update everyone! We have had a couple ups and downs lately! A couple weeks ago our cousin Greg from TN came up for a weekend. We all had a good weekend celebrating mine and my brothers birthdays! Then last weekend we had our aunt and uncle up from Missouri for the weekend! It was really good for dad and he had a great time!
We are coming to the end of all of the treatments, and the wait for more test results is starting to set in. Dad has shaved his head due to his hair starting to fall out...he looks really good though! We have learned how to control his cough a lot better, but it seems to really catch up with him at night! Other than that he is doing fairly good! His attitude and appetite have both increased and become healthy again! We are all very proud of him and very thankful for everyday we have with him!
The doctors have decided to take off 2 of dads radiations. This is because some of the levels of his lung function that they watch during treatment has reached higher than it should. Which means dad is in a higher percentile of something happening to him with his lungs and heart. I apologize that this is so vague and it might not make sense... I had the doctor explain it twice to me and still this is all I got out of it. I will try to learn more about it and fill everyone in!
We are all holding up pretty good! We all have bonded a little more throughout this whole experience and has brought us closer together! We are very thankful for all of our friends and family who have been there for us through all of this as well!
So the count down begins 5-6 more radiations and 2 more weeks of chemo!!!!!
Thank you everyone again for everything and I hope everyone is having a safe and fun St. Pattys Day!
We are coming to the end of all of the treatments, and the wait for more test results is starting to set in. Dad has shaved his head due to his hair starting to fall out...he looks really good though! We have learned how to control his cough a lot better, but it seems to really catch up with him at night! Other than that he is doing fairly good! His attitude and appetite have both increased and become healthy again! We are all very proud of him and very thankful for everyday we have with him!
The doctors have decided to take off 2 of dads radiations. This is because some of the levels of his lung function that they watch during treatment has reached higher than it should. Which means dad is in a higher percentile of something happening to him with his lungs and heart. I apologize that this is so vague and it might not make sense... I had the doctor explain it twice to me and still this is all I got out of it. I will try to learn more about it and fill everyone in!
We are all holding up pretty good! We all have bonded a little more throughout this whole experience and has brought us closer together! We are very thankful for all of our friends and family who have been there for us through all of this as well!
So the count down begins 5-6 more radiations and 2 more weeks of chemo!!!!!
Thank you everyone again for everything and I hope everyone is having a safe and fun St. Pattys Day!
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