Looking Good

They scoped Jay's stomach last night and didn't find any significant bleeds. They did band a few small vericies in his esophagus. The stomach vericies which were the primary concern are sealed. 

He will be in ICU until tomorrow and hopefully progress to a regular room tomorrow afternoon and fingers crossed....HOME Friday!! 

He is sitting up drinking water and sipping on broth. His color is good. Said he rested last night and is feeling much better today.

Staying in ICU

Jay starting bleeding again yesterday. He will be in ICU for a while longer. They are working on a plan to determine where the bleed is and how to fix it.

Thank you all for the prayers! 

Still in ICU

Jay is staying in ICU one more night waiting for the bleed to clear and to make sure his blood levels continue to trend up. So far so good. 

He is tired. Not getting much sleep. His color is good and he is feeling okay. 

Successful procedure

Jays precedure went very well. Hopefully this is a longer lasting fix for the bleeding. He is in ICU but should be moved to a regular room today. 

He feels ok. Tired and hungry but in good spirits. 

Back in the hospital

Well, unfortunately Jay is back in the hospital. He had chemo Wednesday and had normal chemo related side effects. Thursday he started feeling really weak and by Friday morning he was very sick.

His blood counts had dropped. He was taken to the hospital. They scoped his stomach and there is still a small bleed. Nothing as significant as last time. But enough to warrant an additional procedure. 

He is having the procedure today. Hopefully they will be able to stop the bleeding.

While waiting I decided to "peanutize" Jay! 

8th round of chemo today

Feeling good. 

Jay is home

Just wanted to share that Jay came home yesterday. He is doing great. He went in for blood work this morning and he is... As we know... A rock star! Blood counts doing great. He feels better than he has in months. According to the doctor " guess we plugged the leak".

Sorry for no update yesterday. Dad came home from the hospital early this morning and things were hectic yesterday. 

Thank you all for the support, visits, word of encouragement and prayers. 

Taking a minute to rejoice in the day the Lord made. 

Update

The endoscopy shows additional veracies. They are going to tweak the closures of the initial bleed to further reduce the veracies. Jay is waiting now to be taken to radiology. He is in good spirits and resting. He is schedule to be discharged tomorrow. 

On another note, my grandfather passed away this morning. Please pray for peace and comfort for my family. He was 85, and enjoyed a long life of good health. 

My dad on the other hand has been under going treatment for cancer for the last 2 years. He is in the ER and will be admitted. Pray for his comfort and recover. 

This is a difficult week for our family. We rejoice in the Lord and the Blessing that we have. 

Update

Jay is doing great. Having upper GI scope this morning to make sure the bleeding has stopped, and then hopefully home tomorrow.

He was put on solid foods last night. He says he feels good and is ready to be home. 

Update

Jay is out of ICU and in a regular room. He is still passing blood and his counts are dropping a little. They will reevaluate at 2pm and decide if they need to transfuse blood. Overall he is feeling good. Resting some...watching football! 

Update and CA 19-9

Jay is feeling really good this morning. They started him on a liquid diet. He did get a little sick after eating. But is resting and doing well. 

He blood counts are trending down so they gave him one unit of blood and will give him another unit at some point today. 

He is leaving ICU and going to a regular room. We will probably spend the weekend at the hospital and hopefully get the bleeding under control. 

GREAT NEWS! His CA 19-9 has dropped to 14... The lowest it has ever been. 

Thank you all for the prayers. 

December 2013 CA 19-9 = 202,000

January 2014 CA 19-9 =109,000

February 2014 CA 19-9 = 25,000

March 2014 CA 19-9 = 18,000

April 2014 CA 19-9 = 13,000

May 2014 CA 19-9= 5,500

June 2014 CA 19-9=1,964

August 2014 CA 19-9 = 481

September 2014 CA 19-9 = 211

October 2014 CA 19-9 = 111

November 2014 CA19-9 = 57

December 2014 CA 19-9 = 40

January 2015 CA19-9 = 26

February 2015 CA 19-9 = 21.7

February 2015 CA 19-9 = 20.6

March 2015 CA 19-9 = 21.2

April 2015 CA 19-9 = 19.7

May 2015 CA 19-9 = 23

May 2015 CA 19-9 = 26

May 2015 CA 19-9 = 35

June = started new chemo drugs

July 2015 CA19-9 = 17

August 2015 CA 19-9 = 28

September 2015 CA19-9 = 14

Recovering Well

Jay is doing great. Hopefully they got the bleed. He rested on and off last night. His  blood counts came up drastically after the surgery and seem to be stable. He is in ICU and will hopefully be moved to a regular room for additional monitoring. 

Thank you all for the prayers! Keep them coming. 

Update: A set back...prayers needed.

Since starting the new treatment in July  Jay has been anemic. He has been hospitalized a few times and received numerous units of blood. Today He passed out at the cancer center. He then began to throw up blood. It became very apparent that his stomach bleed has returned. He is having a procedure to hopefully stop the bleed. It will be several hours before the procedure is done. 

Please keep Jay and our family in your prayers. 

7th Round of chemo

Another Round of chemo today. I'm low on iron so I get a bag of that as well. It took a bone marrow biopsy to figure it out.