A Good Report

We went to the BMT unit today for his check up and they did draw a pint of blood off him due to the hemoglobin count. It was fairly high. They gave him a testosterone shot and we talked about his cough and how it had not been bad at all the last two or three days. Hopefully whatever that was is gone! He will go back for a pulmonary test in December so hopefully everything will stay normal and the lung issue will disappear! They did not hear the "crackle" that they heard last time we were there. They are supposed to come pick up the oxygen tank and machine soon! We are not supposed to go back until Oct 15th. We are now on a three week schedule. They did not take him off any more immune suppression meds but mentioned giving him a flu shot and a tetna shot next time he comes in. It being the flu season he really needs to be careful! If you see him, ask him if is using his hand sanitizer! He has been slacking lately! We hope to go see Granny this weekend, it has been too long since we have been out to the nursing home. Karen told me Tara and Morgan went and she was doing really good. Terry will be 50 this November so we have alot to celebrate! Celebrating 25 years of marriage and him turning 50 was something we were not sure was going to happen. We talk about it all the time and we know God is leaving him here for a reason. We are SO thankful we are able to celebrate these turning points in our life! I will update soon! Hugs to all of you and God Bless You All! Alyce

Quick Update

Well, his chest x-ray was negative from last week, but he has a viral infection! Don't know if he over-did himself last week or what, fishing and then going to Elberta(did him a world of good to go to do both!)but he spent all day Wednesday in the BMT unit taking on lots of fluids! He was dehydrated, he doesn't drink enough,so they pumped fluids into him. They swabbed his throat and nose to do tests to see what was going on. The tests came back negative so they told him it was most likely a viral thing and to push fluids and I(and Kristina) am giving him Robitussin DM every 4-6 hours. He has coughed up alot so that leads me to believe the rattling sound the doctor heard was "something" but not big enough to see on the x-ray. So he stayed home and Kristina "nursed" him Thursday and Friday for me. God knows what he is doing because we needed her to stay close to home. He is taking care of us! He has had no fever, thank goodnes, or he would be in the hospital. So he is taking it easy and if you see him out next week, ask him if he has some water to drink. Tell him I put it on the blog! He is supposed to go to the pulmonary doctor this next week to see how his lungs are doing and to see if we still need the oxygen around. He has not been using it much at all! Please keep Rodney, Terry and Kristy in your prayers! Will update later this week! Love to all of you! Alyce

Test results are good!

I am sorry for not posting earlier! The test result from the chest x-ray was normal so that was good news! Although he went fishing Saturday and then went to the Elberta store Monday and Tuesday and when he got back he had a sore throat. So I called Lida at the BMT unit and she had him come in and they always do vital signs and he was dehydrated. They kept him and gave him 1 liter of fluids and then let him go home. John shuffled him back and forth to the hospital. We delivered lunch to him because he had not eaten much that morning! He also fell in Elberta at the store lot and hurt his leg and hands and is very sore from that! In other family news! Rodney is doing much better and hopefully will get to go home soon! Butch is still recovering from his kidney stone blasts! Karen said when she talked to him he sounded like he was still in pain. Keep them both in your prayers! Kristy, my employee that had the wreck, is doing better but still has to have another skin graph to close her mid-section up. She will be in a wheelchair for a while after she gets out! Pray for her full recovery, but it will be a long recovery! Will update again after we see the doctor on the 24th! Love to all of you! Alyce

Great News!

We are starting to come off the immune suppression meds again. That is great news! Just hope the GVHD stays away, to an extent! He got a testosterone shot and they drew a pint of blood off him again today. Weird thing though, he never gets dizzy or light-headed from it. I almost pass out when I give blood! The doctor did hear something in his chest or lungs and sent him for a chest-xray. Hopefully it will be nothing, I should hear from that tomorrow. Other than still having numbness and pain in his feet which he is taking meds for that too, he is doing ok! He is going to Macon Georgia tomorrow with one of his salesmen to see a customer. Please pray for Teresa's husband, Rodney, he had the procedure done today that will hopefully take care the problem he is having. The whole Barber family was there supporting him! We got there just in time to hear how everything went and it sounded good! So keep them in your prayers! Other news in the family! Tracy and Daniel Walter(Karen and Rick's daughter)are going to be parents again! Congrats you two! Keep Butch in your prayers too! He is having another(working on a world record) kidney stone blasted Friday. We are all very blessed to still be here and should not take it for granted! God is definitely watching over us! God Bless All of You! Alyce