Monday January 27

Jay had a good weekend. The nausea patch made a big difference. Instead of nausea, he said his stomach "didn't feel right". Much better than before. 

His energy level was up and down all weekend. Seems to be improving today. 

He went to work, had a good lunch, good dinner, and is now pretending to be Dirty Dan. Luke is his brother Dusty and Audrey is Sheriff Cali... The round up gang...catching train robbers and saving princesses! 

Stayed tuned cow-folk! 

;-)

Thursday January 23

The relief from nausea was short lived. Jay woke up this morning feeling "Blah". He is still not feeling well. They have disconnected the chemo pump and he is receiving fluids. So hopefully he will start feeling better soon. 

Wednesday January 22nd

Had a good day today. The new patches for nausea are working geat. Uneventful day. 

Tuesday January 21

Started third treatment today. He did much better with the nausea during the treatment. Slept for several hours once we got home, was able to eat and is now resting. Hopefully tonight will go smoothly.

 The real nausea didn't set in until midnight the last two treatments. I pray that's not the case for this go around. He has a new anti nausea patch that will hopefully help.

Sunday January 19th

Had a good weekend with the family. Watched the movie Frozen. Went to church. Took the kids to see their Grams. Chemo round 3 starts Tuesday. 

Thursday jan 16th

Had a great night with Beth. PF changs followed by the movie Lone Survivor. Great night. 

Wednesday January 15th

Feeling better every day. Spent another day at the office. Hanging with the family tonight. Great Day!

Tuesday January 14th

Went to the doctor today. Blood counts looked good. Looks like chemo round 3 starts next Tuesday. 

Monday January 13th

I had a good day today. Made it into the office. It was great to see the Javin team! Tommorow I have a morning doctor appt for some blood work then it's back to the office. 

Sunday January 12th

Feeling ok today. Energy level is down. Might make it to work tommorow. We shall see. 

Friday January 10

I'm feeling a little better today. Still battling a little post chemo nausea. We plan on going to the hockey game tonight with friends. Should be fun. 

At the hockey game!

Thursday January 9th

I had a good day overall. The take home chemo pump was disconnected at 140 today. Still a little nausea but I should feel better soon.  Looking forward to Friday. 

Wednesday January 8

After yesterday's treatment he had a little nausea. Then at midnight the nausea was full force. He was able to control it with meds. 

He is doing pretty well today. Receiving fluids at the cancer center and will go home with another 24 hour chemo pump.

He is doing so much better this time. Hopefully no underlying complications. It will be nice to get into a routine and be able to manage expectations during treatment. 

Tuesday January 7

Jay has had several really good days. More energy each day, no nausea, blood pressure is good, able to eat and has gained 2 of the 13 pounds he lost. 

Blood work this morning looked great. He is all set to resume treatment today. He's excited to start chemo, ready to move forward and have some good weeks!  

And War Eagle!! 

Sunday January 5

Each day Jay is getting stronger. He still has a cough probably from the medications. He is have a hard time regulating his body temperature. One minute he is freezing the next he is dripping in sweat. We hope that gets better with time. 

We took the babies with us to get "daddy a big hair cut". They said "daddy you don't have crazy hair anymore". I think it looks good, very Walter White from Breaking Bad! 

Friday January 3

Another good day today. Energy level is going back up, even ventured out to lunch then Costco! 

The joint pain seems to be getting worse. It is from a shot they gave him to put the bone marrow into hyper drive to produce white blood cells. A good result but a painful way to get there. Jay says he feels like a 90 year old. But in time we hope this too will improve. 

He is not taking any pain meds because of the hot and cold episodes and also so he can drive and function more easily. He is one tough guy!

Jay's hair has decided to let loose, a buzz cut is in the near future. But we will wait until after tomorrow's long awaited Christmas with the Wester family. Don't want to scare any of the kiddos with the new do and it's always a good idea not change your hair style right before photo ops! :-)

Thursday January 2

Jays been doing pretty well the last two days. His energy level is low because of the new meds. But that should improve. He has had some pretty bad joint pain which is part of the chemo treatment. His left ankle and then his right knee, tough to walk when he first gets up. He didn't expect it to be this delayed. But it's manageable.

He went to his office today, drove himself, progressing forward! His mood is good, his appetite is improving, he's watching football... All good signs of a good week to come! 

He had blood work today, all of the numbers looked great, which means no internal bleeding. Chemo resumes Tuesday! 

Wednesday January 1

Jay was glad to get to come home yesterday. He is still having some spleen pain. Trying to not take any pains meds, they make him have cold sweats then he gets really hot. 

He slept pretty well last night. His plan for the day is to watch football! 

He has a follow up appointment at the cancer center tomorrow afternoon for bloodwork, making sure the bleed doesn't start back. 

Daddy's "get well" necklace!