September 29, 2011
Mike is once again having another dialysis treatment. Sounds like they’re going to do another treatment tomorrow and then try for 3 times per week. He’s got much more fluid in his belly and they were hoping that dialysis might help with that. If not, they will have to drain again. Unfortunately, all this fluid […]
Read moreDialysis
Mike is in dialysis right now and has been for about 2 hours….that’s all they can do the first time. He should be out soon. The will probably do dialysis again tomorrow and will take about 2 1/2 hours. We sure hope this brings some life to him and makes him feel better. He was […]
Read moreSeptember 27, 2011
Dustin spent the day with Mike today as well as Mike’s sister Laurie. Thanx Laurie for hanging with your bro today. Mitch and I came in the afternoon along with Mike’s sister Lynn. His other sister Debbie has been here quite often too and we LOVE the fact that his sisters hang with us!!! It […]
Read moreSeptember 26, 2011
Mike and Mitch spent the day together today. I worked for a couple hours this morning then came down for the rest of the day. Dustin was here for the afternoon before he went to his class. Mike had another 4 liters of fluid drained from his belly this morning and we met with the […]
Read moreGo Bears!!
It’s a quiet Sunday afternoon in Room 714. Mitch, Dustin, and their girlfriends and I are sitting with Mike watching the Bears game. He slept most of the morning and seems to be staying awake for some of the game. The nurse held off on his IV pain meds and gave him an oral pill […]
Read moreSleepy Boy
Mike’s had a few visitors today but he hasn’t been the most gracious host as he’s been sleeping the day away. That’s okay…….maybe this means he’s comfortable and getting some much needed rest. The doctor said the kidneys are stable for now so that is a little bit of good news!! We could use some. […]
Read moreMike’s Hat
Just to clarify Mike’s hat was his neck pillow that one of the boys plopped on his head. Actually, it’s my neck pillow that I don’t really share with anyone but decided that I could probably share with Mike. Wish I had better news today but I feel like we just keep running into more […]
Read moreStill Smiling
Thought you would all like to see that Mike is still smiling! And, that his boys have not stopped picking on him!!!! Mike hasn’t lost his smile and his boys are still picking on him!
Read moreAnother Little Set Back
Sorry I’m a little slow today with the update but we had a little set back this morning as Mike had to have a kidney procedure. Once again there was some “bathroom” issues but this time it was with the kidneys. He was having some trouble urinating so they have put in stints from the […]
Read moreSeptember 21, 2011
Thank you to all of you for your kind words and support. We really do appreciate it. The oncologist came to visit us yesterday and we didn’t get great news. Mike has pancreatic cancer along with liver failure. There is not much treatment for either one because of complications of each of the issues he’s […]
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