We are proud to announce we are launching our own non profit! Cancer Cant
Website: www.cancercant.info
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It has been heavy on Jonathan's heart to do something about updating the oncology floor to make it more comfortable for patients staying there. As of today, Jonathan has spent more than 70 days in a hospital room. Some patients going through stem cell transplants can be in a hospital room for upwards of 50 consecutive days. Now imagine having basically no comforts of home. Hospital food constantly, because you have no refrigerator to keep take out or a home cooked meal cold. And then no way to warm it up. One of the more experienced nurses told him the oncology floor has not been updated/painted in over 20 years at Sacred Heart. So we have contacted Sacred heart and have begun the process to work with the directors to begin forming a budget and timeframe to help Jonathan's dream come true.
If you are interested in donating, volunteering, attending, whatever, please fill out the appropriate form on the website. This is going to be a huge project for us, but we are excited to see what we can make of it. We have 2-1/2 more months of considerable time in a hospital room, so we should be able to accomplish a lot!
Last update I sent out, we were waiting on biopsy results for some additional skin spots removed from Jonathan's back. Unfortunately he is going to have to have another minor surgery to remove 2 of the 4 spots. The good news is, the 2 spots requiring surgery are not full blown melanoma this time. They are however considered "severe A typical" and as I understand it, the stage just before it turns into cancer. So they basically treat it the same as a stage 1 spot. He will be having his little procedure mid march.
This week was a new adventure for Jonathan as he did not have to get what we call the "antichrist" of chemo. Typically he got that chemo simultaneously with a chemo by the name of "red devil". (We were informed of this nick name by a hospital roommate recently) So on Tuesday and Wednesday this week he got his regular dosage of the "red devil" and he handled it like a champ! The doctor let him out early on Wednesday so that was one less night in the hospital! On Thursday morning he went to physical therapy and picked Jax up from school. He seemed to feel really pretty good, but quickly got tired. He slept most of the rest of that day, and we started some minor anti nausea drugs, but overall he is doing great so far. We are expecting him to still become neutropenic next week, so this won't be a walk in the park. But so far it is going really well considering.
26 treatments down, with over 70 days in the hospital. 6 more treatments to go, and about 22 days in the hospital... assuming an infection doesn't land us there!
Now we have 2 weeks at home! We are excited to spend time with the kids and just relax. Oh and how about those Seahawks? Jonathan was screaming at the TV... more than usual last Sunday. I was afraid he was going to blow out his knee from attempting to jump up and down! He is very excited for the super bowl.
Jonathan and I found God challenging us after listening to pastor Joe's sermon on using your gifts to serve others. Joe said "If we are so focused on what we can't do, we will miss out on all the things we CAN DO." Life, our life was given to us by God, and was paid for at a price. We've had the opportunity, yes opportunity, to learn how short it can be. Someday each one of us is going to stand before God and have to answer for what we've done with our life and the gifts that he gave us. Like the parable in Mathew 25, God expects a return on his investment. Matthew 10:42 "And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is my disciple, I tell you the truth, he will certainly not lose his reward." So we decided to move forward with Cancer Cant in hope to one day hear "well done, my good and faithful servants."
Cancer Cant, But we Can!
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