Thu, 29 May 2003
Long
Night Ahead
Hey
everybody. Tired and need to sleep but have to send
a quick email off.
The afternoon and evening has been a little rocky
and I'm afraid the night may be as well. We're really
trying to keep Jade out of the hospital like last
time we did this "A" round of chemo. His
bladder/kidneys are not liking the chemo (same as
last time.) We have increased his fluid intake and
had some pyridium called in for him to take orally.
We'll see in the morning when he goes in for the last
day of chemo what if any blood is in his urine. The
oncologist said yesterday that he is amazed Jade is
able to ever be out of the hospital during his chemo
and the week after. He told Jade he couldn't emphasize
enough the levels of industrial strength chemo he
was being given. While Jade is doing well with some
of the negative side effects, it's still rough. Hopefully
tomorrow's email will have good news that he's doing
better and able to be home for the weekend.
There was a fund raiser at Bountiful Bowl tonight.
It was covered by CH 2 locally (CBS) and looked good.
Jared was interviewed and quite a few of you made
it on camera! Looked good Tanor! And Ken H! Paul got
a great sound bite in as well. Thanks for the help.
The reporter thought about 2,000 to 3,000 dollars
were raised tonight. Speaking of media coverage, Lee
Benson's article should run in the DNews tomorrow
afternoon. I'll send it with a link in my email tomorrow.
The neighborhood here is about to burst waiting for
Saturday's events of the boutique/yard sale. The safety
fair and car wash will be great as well. Truly amazing.
Thanks for everything. We are especially grateful
tonight for the faith and prayers in our behalf. We
believe Jade is able to tolerate some of these awful
side effects as a result of the faith, prayers, hope,
strength, positive energy and encourgement from all
of you. Thank you. We'll keep you updated tomorrow
with how the night goes. Sleep good..........someone
should. Take care.........
Love.................Tanya and co..
