We are about 2 hours from leaving LCC. Jimmy woke to eat McDonald's- wow, 2 times in one day, we had McGriddles this morning and plain ole cheeseburgers for lunch. Of course, he didn't eat ALL of either one of them. BUT it is great to see him eat a little when he can. Update is... we are trying a different antibiotic. He will stop the cipro and start augmentin. It is a broad range antibiotic, should do better for him. We have a CT scan to set up for next week. Let us all pray hard for that to show us he is not taking all of this chemo for nothing!!
It is very empty in here today... it's strange to see. LCC is usually packed up real good. Nice for the lovely ladies here though, I'm sure. :)
Jimmy gets a nice bed delivered today- we are hoping that this will ease the pain in his back and knees- I mean, my God, this kid spends most of his time in a bed...it SHOULD be a comfortable one!!
His bladder issue is called hemorrhagic cystitis caused by the chemo. It is basically an angry bladder... it gets very irritated and such. I hope that the antibiotic will help this as well.
After we do a 10 day routine of this, he will get set up for the root canal. At which point Dr. DeGreen will do another round of antibiotics and some meds to build up his blood in order for him to tolerate the procedure as well as possible. We would have to stop the Lovenox (blood thinner) for 24 hours before and then 24hours after. That gives him 2 days with 2 less shots a day!! YAY!!
Love and hugs to all.....
