Dare I Say It?

(This is Andy) So a quick recap from where we left off last week....things were as bad as they could be, everything was bleek and dreary and then....

Crys (Jon's mom) called me right away last Monday morning. Jon's labwork was back and there was news to share. Jon's immune system had decided to surprise us with an appearance. His counts were at 13. Neither Crys nor I were sure what to say let alone what to think about it. We both decided to wait and see what Tuesday would bring. 

Tuesday arrived with a slight increase in counts from 13 to 14. Again we were unsure what to think. And so things continued through the week. Slight increases day by day. Jon's counts are now at 156. 

Jon's immune system is coming back but there are still other things that we deal with every day on this roller coaster we are living on. Jon has no appetite whatsoever. He's been on nutrients for over a week. Jon has severe nausea which seems to be motion activated. 

The hardest thing that we are dealing with right now ( or at least it's the hardest for me to deal with) is that Jon has times where he isnt lucid. He's asked questions that he should know the answer to. Or he tells me things that don't make sense. I'll spare you all the details. There's a number of things it can be blamed on: meds, chemo-brain, poor nutrition, stuck in the same room for 8 weeks. As long as I can blame it on something else because that is not my Jon.

So we are taking each day one day at a time, but dare I say it...

There appears to be a glimmer of hope.

Please continue to pray for my Jon. Give him the strength, hope and love he needs to make it through each day. 

I found the following quote posted on the Facebook page of one of Jon's friends. This struck me enough that I had to write it down and have read it over and over again this week....

So we don't look at the troubles we have right now; rather we look forward to what we have not seen. For the troubles we have will soon be over, but the joys to come will last forever. 2 Corinthians 4:18

Thank you all for riding this roller coaster with us.