Recovery

Yesterday was full of every emotion. But mostly thankfulness that Jason is doing so incredibly well. My biggest job in the next coming weeks is to make sure he gets the rest that he needs. I have instruction from Sue, Dr. Balkhy's personal nurse, that he should have no phone, no computer and limited visitation in the next one to two weeks. This has already been a challenge as I see he made his own blog entry yesterday when Lauren and I ran to the pharmacy and grocery store for 30 minutes. Nurse Lauren and I asked him to sit in his chair and not move while we were gone, but when we got home he was on the computer and nurse Lauren (she is taking her roll very seriously) said, "but Daddy promised he would stay in his chair Mom". Jason will be at home recovering for a long time, so we would love to have visitors in a few weeks when he is totally bored. I hate to be the party pooper, but he does have a low grade fever that needs to be watched closely, his blood counts are low and his heart rate is high and we are still managing his pain. It is 2:30 a.m. as I write this and he has not slept yet.

Fantasy Football is of course on Jason's mind and I am sure nurse Sue would not approve.

Dr. Oesterling, Hematologist, continues to monitor his von willabrands factor closely as we need to go to TWHH, ER everyday and have his blood checked to see if he needs to receive treatments.

Like Jason said, thank you to everyone who has been so great to us and a big thank you to our neighbors too. Jason and I sometimes talk about what we would do if we won the lottery (always fun to imagine) and would we move and buy a bigger house? The answer is 'no', because you can buy your house, but you can't buy your neighbors and we love all of you so much and you make living in Kelly Pointe Subdivision a wonderful place to live and raise a happy family.

Our prayers were answered for the best possible outcome with his surgery, now please pray that he sleeps.

Love,
Tricia