Saturday, December 19, 2009

Hi everyone.
We have been out of the hospital for a week now and so happy to be home. Jon started Radiation to his pelvic bone this week to help with the pain he has experienced. They have scheduled him to have 10 treatments, which is one a day for 10 days in a row. It seems after his second treatment that he has already experienced some pain relief in that area, which has been great. But, it has taken all of his little energy that he had completely out of him. Its like he can't get enough good sleep even though he is sleeping all the time.
Monday he will start the new chemotherapy drug we mentioned in an earlier post called Zometa. He will be getting this drug every 6 weeks to help with the bone destruction that has occurred because of the cancer.
I have mentioned before that Jon's gallbladder has been acting up some during treatments and that has continued to bother him. He always has a sick stomach and lots of nausea and vomiting. Even though he is eating now he just lost another 3 pounds. We are going to get this problem hopefully checked out on Monday also along with his chemo and radiation treatments that are scheduled. I am not sure yet what will exactly come of it.
Jon has his next pet scan and CT scan scheduled for December 28th. It has already been 6 weeks.. Time is just flying by for us. We will not get the results until December 30th but we will be sure and post something soon after. I can honestly say that I am so scared to even see results at all and keep hoping that it won't be bad news like the last one.
Thank you everyone for your support you have given us. We didn't know we were so loved by so many. We have been able to meet so many good people that it has been just amazing for us. Thank you for everyone who has donated to us also. I wish I could send everyone a personalized thank you note to say how really blessed and thankful we are, but hopefully everyone can understand that I just don't have the time, but I do care and thank Heavenly Father every night for such wonderful people in our lives. All of you have helped us so very much. You give us strength to keep going everyday instead of just laying in bed and crying.
Well, that is about everything for now. I will keep everyone up to date about this next week. Take care and have a Happy Holiday season with your family.

3 comments:

  1. Jon, just heard about your situation and your blog from an email for the Terrys. Just wanted to send a quick note to wish you the best. You have a beautiful family. You're in my prayers.
    -Sterling Kellis, (Quevedo, Ecuador)

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  2. Jon and Tiffany,
    Thank you for the updates, your family has been and will continue to be in our prayers!

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  3. Hope you all had a very Merry Christmas! Wishing you all the best and praying Jon is doing well. Love, Adele Bancroft

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