Still there

Josh is still in the hospital, and I think it will at least be a few more days until he goes home. He had the ascites from his abdomen drained today and slept most of the day because of his medications. He was supposed to get chemo today, but when I left at 7pm he still had not received it. Hopefully he will get it sometime tonight or tomorrow morning.

Please don't forget about the pancake breakfast on Nov 6th. If anyone has a connection to get groceries/giftcards please let myself or Nicole or Sherrie know. We would greatly appreciate it!!

Not Quite

Josh got the other lung drained yesterday, without problems. He spent most of the rest of the day playing Fable on Xbox.

Josh didn't have a very good day today, and his hospital stay is to be extended. He should have chemo in the hospital tomorrow. He was feeling very nauseous, and we aren't exactly sure why.

Don't let up on those prayers yet!

Plan of Action

Today we got the new plan of action for Josh's fight.

Josh moved up to the 4th floor today (not the ICU, but they closely monitor patients). Hopefully he will have the other lung drained tomorrow, and then head home on Wednesday or Thursday. Then he will get the next round of chemo asap. This chemo is going to include an extra drug: Erbitux. This drug came out at the end of February, and is supposed to work with the current chemo regimen.

The kids visited Josh at the hospital today. Of course, that really put a smile on his face!! The were both very excited about getting to lay with Daddy!

Good news and bad news

Good news first: Josh is off of the ventilator. They drained 1.5 liters of fluid out of the pleural sack surrounding the left lung. He was breathing better already and, as you can imagine, he was able to breathe a bit easier after all of that fluid was drained.

Bad news: We got the biopsy on the fluid. There is cancer present. I really can't go into further detail, because I really don't know it. I'm not quites sure where the fluid is coming from, but it is expected to come back. There are procedures to prevent this, and that will be looked into. Also, the right lung now needs to be drained.

Overall it is a very strange situation. We've got the "bad news" and then you look at Josh, and he looks so good (all things considered). He's been playing video games and watching football. Now that the tube is out he is doing some talking.

Thanks for the prayers, keep them up!

Also: "Happy Birthdays" go out to Bobbi (yesterday) and my dad (today)!

No new info

I just wanted to let everyone know that we have not received the pathology reports from the fluid. So, we still do not know what the plan of action is. In the mean time, Josh is very alert. Even with the ventilator in, Josh is awake enough to play video games! Can you believe that? Now we need his body to catch up to his mind, and just get better!