Well, we met with the blood sugar doctor for Becca on Wednesday. He didn't really tell us anything new. He just said that Becca's blood sugar counts when she was in the hospital were at 51 (low is below 50) and usually seizures make it go up, so it must have been low when she had hers. He just told us to make sure she doesn't go 16 hours without eating, and if she had a stomach virus again, we need to take her to the hospital to give her fluids. He also said that as she gets older, we shouldn't need to worry about it as much.
She hasn't had any more seizures since then and she is not on any medication. Personally, I just think that her seizure threshold gets lowered when she gets sick. I hope that as she gets older, I won't have to worry about it as much, but until then, I will just keep her seizure stopping medicine handy whenever she is sick.
Friday, September 21, 2012
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Good News
At Jacob's late treatment the doctor measured the bump on his head and it had already shrunk a half a centimeter! She had told us before we started that if it hadn't grown in three months that would be good because that means it wasn't growing. She wasn't expecting it to shrink so quickly at all.
Jacob also hasn't been having any more headaches. I was really concerned that he would be suffering from pain as well as the chemo, but his pain is gone.
The pill camera results came back and everything looks great.
He is still battling fatigue and grumpyness, but it comes and goes. So far he has been able to keep up with school as far as I know. The worst part is that we have to spend an afternoon every week at the hospital, not getting home until 6:00 at the earliest. Then I have to pick up the girls (from the wonderful people that watch them), have dinner, and get homework done all before 7:30 or the kids are too tired the next day. Scott works Wednesday evenings, so I'm doing this all by myself. But, all in all, that's not so bad. And, the ward has been great in providing dinners for me on Wednesdays.
So, thank you all for your prayers and thoughts. We are really benefiting from them.
Jacob also hasn't been having any more headaches. I was really concerned that he would be suffering from pain as well as the chemo, but his pain is gone.
The pill camera results came back and everything looks great.
He is still battling fatigue and grumpyness, but it comes and goes. So far he has been able to keep up with school as far as I know. The worst part is that we have to spend an afternoon every week at the hospital, not getting home until 6:00 at the earliest. Then I have to pick up the girls (from the wonderful people that watch them), have dinner, and get homework done all before 7:30 or the kids are too tired the next day. Scott works Wednesday evenings, so I'm doing this all by myself. But, all in all, that's not so bad. And, the ward has been great in providing dinners for me on Wednesdays.
So, thank you all for your prayers and thoughts. We are really benefiting from them.
Saturday, September 1, 2012
Latest News
Jacob did the pill camera thing on Wednesday. All went well, and the camera came out in time for Jacob to be able to eat diner before he went to bed, so he was happy about that. I'm not sure when we will get the results from that.
He had his second chemotherapy treatment on Wednesday as well. We were able to get home an hour earlier, so that was nice. He seems to be tolerating it better this week. He isn't quite as tired as last week.
Everything seems to be going well at school. His teachers all know what is going on and are really helpful with making sure he is able to keep up with his work.
****Caution: Graphic Content****
The conversation that Jacob and I had when his pill camera came out:
Jacob: Mom, the camera came out!
Me: Are you sure?
Jacob: Yes, it was still blinking a blue light in the toilet and the monitor receiving the pictures turned off.
Me: I guess it was still taking pictures when it was in the toilet. Those must be interesting pictures.
Jacob: Ya, and it took pictures of me looking at it in the toliet!
Me: That must be an odd camera angle. :-)
He had his second chemotherapy treatment on Wednesday as well. We were able to get home an hour earlier, so that was nice. He seems to be tolerating it better this week. He isn't quite as tired as last week.
Everything seems to be going well at school. His teachers all know what is going on and are really helpful with making sure he is able to keep up with his work.
****Caution: Graphic Content****
The conversation that Jacob and I had when his pill camera came out:
Jacob: Mom, the camera came out!
Me: Are you sure?
Jacob: Yes, it was still blinking a blue light in the toilet and the monitor receiving the pictures turned off.
Me: I guess it was still taking pictures when it was in the toilet. Those must be interesting pictures.
Jacob: Ya, and it took pictures of me looking at it in the toliet!
Me: That must be an odd camera angle. :-)
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