Jon had his second chemo yesterday. It is a long and tedious process. He was there from 11:30 in the morning until 7:30 at night. You can all imagine how much he enjoys sitting on his butt while the nurses pump him full of drugs! Levi, Maelie, Kelsey, and his cellphone kept him some company throughout the day. His pre-chemo blood work was excellent and I continue to be amazed at how well his body is tolerating chemo. For one of the medications the nurse had to put on a Hazmatt suite before she adminsters it...not a real confidence builder!!!
He is a little tired and nauseated this morning. His plan is to rest up for the next few days so that he is good for all of our holiday festivities over the weekend. We have our appointment with the Naturopathic Cancer Specialist, Dr. Paul Reilly this afternoon and then with the Nutritionist, Mary Jane Mack on Thursday.
We are currently researching immunotherapy treatment and have found some promising information on Interleukin4 for pancreatic cancer. If anyone has any info in that regard please email it to me (LORRIO@AOL.COM)
Staci rearranged he flight and will be here this Wednesday through December 22nd. We are all really excited to have her with us for the next week. Elizabeth will be home on the 21st so we get one day with all of us together for the holidays!
Keep Jon in your thoughts and prayers. As always, we appreciated your love and support.
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A Hazmatt suit! That must have been pretty scary. Hang in there Jon - I imagine 8 hours of chemo sucks pretty bad. Good luck with the naturopath today. Sending you lots of love and healing energy....
Barbara
Jon & Lorri - Hang in there - we're thinking about you! Jon, we're looking forward to seeing you back in sparring class at Sumner TKD soon!
Pat & Brent Brooks
Jon and Lori, you are two strong people and you have great providers (I know!!). Keep the faith, and eat well! It is so important. Let me know if you need ANYTHING!!
Lori
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