Andy ran his first 5K race yesterday morning, while I was contemplating whether to take Jude to the ER for a CT scan and thinking that Andy should run his little butt home. Overall, the timing of Andy’s run couldn’t have been much worse, although I was proud of him for following through on his plan …
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CT Scan Reveals Nothing Unexpected
We were discharged from the ER today after about 4 hours and after the CT scan revealed nothing unusual. They gave Jude some medicine to stop him from vomitting and he’s been active and doing great ever since. It was great to get to go home and not get admitted once again. Another scare!
Back Again
Jude was throwing up and complaining of headaches. I called his oncologist’s on call doctor and he was worried about brain swelling so we took Jude into the ER, where we are now. Sounds like they want to do a CT scan. I am hoping Jude can lay still during it to avoid yet more …
Why do you have this on me?
Jude had a bit of a rough night and had really bad headaches and threw up about 4 times. I was glad I had put him on a twin mattress in our room so I could monitor him and have him closer to the floor. He rolled off of the mattress in the middle of …
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times
Overall, Jude describes the hospital stay as, “kind of good, not that good.” The best parts were: 1. Our nurse for check-in was a nice lady we know from our church. 2. Our 2 pastors came from our church to pray for Jude and visit with us during the surgery. 3. Family came to visit. …
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Home Already
Discharged 48 hours after brain surgery — amazing. Thanks everyone for your prayers for Jude. God answered them. He’s running around the house with his cousins and the discharge nurse made sure to put in the charts that he is too active and that she instructed us to encourage “quiet play.” Not going to happen.
Jude Jumps
Jude has had a busy day. He got up at 5 a.m. and watched Cars 2 with me and asked 100 times when he was going to see his cousin Ivan. He then went back to bed for 2 hours to make the time go faster. A physical therapist came by to check Jude over. …
Jude Uncensored
Jude has been potty trained for years now but I was unable to convince his PICU nurse that she shouldn’t put a diaper on him. Jude noticed he was wearing a diaper and he was disgusted. Andy said, “Those are special hospital underwear that you can pee in.” Jude responded: “It’s a diaper, you silly!” …
Surgery Update
The surgery went well. The neurosurgeon used the same 5-6 inch incision as he used last time. He was able to remove the entire tumor and every cell he could see under a microscope. They put Jude in the intraoperative MRI and used contrast to verify that the entire tumor was removed. They gave him …
Stealth MRI of Brain and MRI of Spinal Cord
Jude had an MRI of his brain and an MRI of his spinal cord today. The spinal cord MRI would be new information and I think that it must have turned out okay or I would have thought the radiologist would have tracked us down by now if he saw something really troubling. Jude really …
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