We had a very busy day. John got his bone marrow biopsy around 9:00 then had an echocardiogram to check on his heart to make sure it is in good shape for this round of chemo, then off to have the hickman put in. While he was getting the hickman I was moving his stuff to his private room on the oncology floor; so now he is where he needs to be. He is quite the favorite on this floor and will be well taken care of. He took a nap once he got up to the room still a little out of it from the drugs today.
Chemo will be starting about 6:30 or 7 tonight. The first drug will be cytaribine for 24hrs a day for 7 days then he will get Idarubicin for 3 days about 2 hrs a day. His counts will start to drop in about 10days and that is when he will be feeling the worse. They will be premedicating him with some anti nausea meds based on his history with these treatments so hopefully that will ease the side effects. Once his counts drop they will be checking to see that this goes into remission. We are looking at about a month stay in the hospital pending on how all goes. The next transplant will depend on how quick this goes into remission and how he is doing. We don't have any definite answers as for when the transplant will take place. It is known that he will need another transplant. They will be using Billy (his brother) again.
John's counts will begin to start dropping late next week into the following week. Once his counts start dropping this is when he will feel the worst and get sick from the side effects of the chemo. We don't know if it will be better than it has been in the past or worse. So just know that he will not be feeling well at all during the process of bottoming out his counts.
The best part of his day was a very special phone call from Coach Meyer to check on him. He called while he was getting his bone marrow biopsy done. John called him back and was so excited to talk to him. He is getting ready for a huge weekend with the Heisman and a huge game Jan 8th and for him to take time out to call John was amazing. I can't begin to describe to you how that made him feel.
Baby news: We have the first ultrasound tomorrow morning at 9:30 in another part of the clinic we are hoping he will be able to come along with me while the chemo is running; not sure if it is possible yet. Thanks for all the emails and prayers. Talk to you soon.
Chemo will be starting about 6:30 or 7 tonight. The first drug will be cytaribine for 24hrs a day for 7 days then he will get Idarubicin for 3 days about 2 hrs a day. His counts will start to drop in about 10days and that is when he will be feeling the worse. They will be premedicating him with some anti nausea meds based on his history with these treatments so hopefully that will ease the side effects. Once his counts drop they will be checking to see that this goes into remission. We are looking at about a month stay in the hospital pending on how all goes. The next transplant will depend on how quick this goes into remission and how he is doing. We don't have any definite answers as for when the transplant will take place. It is known that he will need another transplant. They will be using Billy (his brother) again.
John's counts will begin to start dropping late next week into the following week. Once his counts start dropping this is when he will feel the worst and get sick from the side effects of the chemo. We don't know if it will be better than it has been in the past or worse. So just know that he will not be feeling well at all during the process of bottoming out his counts.
The best part of his day was a very special phone call from Coach Meyer to check on him. He called while he was getting his bone marrow biopsy done. John called him back and was so excited to talk to him. He is getting ready for a huge weekend with the Heisman and a huge game Jan 8th and for him to take time out to call John was amazing. I can't begin to describe to you how that made him feel.
Baby news: We have the first ultrasound tomorrow morning at 9:30 in another part of the clinic we are hoping he will be able to come along with me while the chemo is running; not sure if it is possible yet. Thanks for all the emails and prayers. Talk to you soon.
6 comments:
You are in our thoughts and prayers. Keep fighting like the True Herald you are. You are an inspiration to all of us.
Lost of Love,
Jim, Janice, Jimmy and Jenna Timonere
Coach Buzz,
Keep on fighting - you're a Bullet and a Lion as well as a Herald. Best wishes, and congratulations on the baby!
Paul Smith
You two are amazing. The way you are standing strong and fighting this stupid disease again is an inspiration.
Once again, thank you for the efforts to keep all of us informed on your journey.
Congratulations on the baby!
Love,
Michaela
You guys are such an incredible couple and will be great parents. You've worked so hard in this battle and we're all so proud of you both.
Love and hugs for you and the baby,
Susan
I didn't need any more motivation to make it through the Tahoe ride this year but I will be getting strength from you two as we start training. Congrats on the baby and I'll be stopping by when you're ready for visitors.
Hugs,
Cathy
BIG time with the blog!!!
Canner Nation and Adams-Hanover are behind you!!
KEEP POUNDING!!!
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