Hey everyone, as you may have heard, I havn’t had access to a computer and finally after cruisin the halls at St. Mary’s I found a coffee shop with computers!!!!
Alot has changed since we left Gville, the treatments planned for Parish Medical Center fell through, they didn’t think Tanner could handle a mono chamber – boy were they wrong!!!! We then transferred to St. Mary’s in Boynton Beach so we could be with family (my mom and grandma) and have less stress on Tanner. The HBO crew is wonderful with Tanner and he fully enjoys his treatments since he is now in a mono chamber.
He had his second sleep study and now is like grandaddy and sleeps with a bipap machine, he says he can breath much better at night! Nothing seems to bother him!!!!!
Since we have been here Tanner met with the Oncology Group had some tests done and his counts were perfect, however the high doses of steroids are starting to take their toll on Tanner. He has gained over 20lbs since his admission in the hospital last May. His joints and muscles are very tired and makes it difficult for him to walk for long periods at a time. We have been keeping in close contact with his group in Gville and are working on bringing him slowly off of the steroids.
We are starting to see some progress, he has had alot more energy and is laughing and playing jokes alot on everyone. He has been to the beach, swimming in the pool, and beating my butt in checkers!!!!!
He finished 32 treatments with only 8 more to go – yeah!!! His last reatment will be Aug 1st and we will return home with a couple weeks break and then return to Gville on the 19th for an MRI which will determine if more treatments will be needed.
Thank you so much for all of your love and prayers, and we miss all of you very much!!!!
This entry was posted on Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008 at 8:46 am.