Thursday, May 30, 2013

Making Progress

Thursday May 30th, 2013 Day 34.....

Scotty is continuing to improve on a day by day basis. He goes to the gym each day in the wheel chair. He has been walking between the bars and has now progressed to walking some steps with a walker. Today he set a personal best for walking with a walker down the hall and back 2 times. He is still having issues with his taste buds but has found a few things that taste really good. He enjoys a strawberry shake and a particular type of Peppridge Farm Cookie. He was able to shower on Monday and that was the best part of the day.

The doctors still have not determined the origin of the cancer. The liver biopsy was inconclusive in regards to what type of cancer it is. It just showed the 2 lesions were cancer. So the mystery continues. He is getting better with pain management with the L4 in his spine. There is still pain but they are trying to keep it under control at a low level. At this time no decisions have been made about chemo. We know it is in the future but the doctors have not told us anything. he is still projected to be released from rehab on June 19th.

Noah has learned how to face time Scotty using his IPod touch. This has helped him with the separation from Scotty. He even face timed me the other morning at 2:21 am ! Yes I said am. He wanted to see if it worked in the dark ! We have all gotten a big laugh at that. he had to have 4 teeth pulled the other day and seemed to do okay. His cousin Kristin (my daughter) enjoyed a movie date with him on Monday and he will be in his school play tomorrow. ( We hope he will do it) He still is having issues sleeping and he misses Scotty.

Deborah continues her routine of dropping off Noah and heading up 77 to the hospital each day. She has started taking the weekends off to give her some time at home.

I cannot express enough our deep appreciation for everything everyone has been doing for our family. The meals, gift cards, cards, phone calls, emails, and especially the visits to see Scotty have been so great. We cannot thank you enough. As I close tonight I will share this verse with you that has been a comfort to me during this time.
2Samuel 22:19  "They confronted me in the day of my disaster, but the Lord was my support."
We have felt the Lord's support during this journey and we continue to draw our strength form our Lord and Savior !

Please continue to pray for Scotty to continue to improve with his walking and for Deborah as she travels back and forth to the hospital. Continue to pray for the doctors as they try to decide what treatment is necessary for Scotty. Please pray that Noah will start sleeping better at night and that he gains some understanding about what is going on in his life right now. Changes are very hard for him.