Oh, thank You Jesus! And thank you so much to all of you who prayed with us for Cody's white count. The nurse was totally blown away yesterday when she checked his blood and his whites are continuing to rise. Yay God! Cody is now out of the risk zone... and we are going to Lakeland in 2 days. To tell you the truth, we would've gone to Lakeland anyway! :)
Our 4 hour transfusion appt at the hospital turned into 10 hrs today. Ahh, what a way to spend a beautiful saturday. Of course, Cody did great and the transfusions went smooth. All 4 of them. He got 2 units of red blood cells and 2 units of platelets.
The wednesday night ER visit showed a bacteria infection that's normally found on the skin but somehow found it's way inside Cody's body. So for the next 10 days, Cody's taking a super strong antibiotic. He's feeling good and never even knew anything was there.
We had an awesome nurse named Jackie taking care of Cody today and administering the transfusions. We had a great time talking and sharing stories from the field. All 4 of Jackie's children are serving God! We were so thankful for this precious sister that God sent to encourage us and "love" on us today. Thank you, Jackie!
On another note, Cody finished up radiation on friday but not without some pain. Remember the last time he got radiation and how it landed him in the hospital for 12 days with a severely burned esophagus? Well, this time he has a severely burned rectum! He was getting radiation to both hips and pubic bone - but not without interfering with his bowels. He's had a lot of diarrhea as a result - and a sore bottom! He actually has a couple of burns on his bum, which require cream 3 x's a day applied by me :) I'm such a good wife. I don't think there's any part of my husbands body that I haven't seen now! haha
Please pray for the burns (inside and out) to heal quickly. And for the bacteria to be eradicated from Cody's body, never to show up again.
We are so thankful for all of you who constantly lift us up into our Father's arms. We love you and bless you!
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For external burns aloe vera. For internal burns, there is a digestible grade aloe vera he can drink that will soothe internally any burn areas. Have a great trip.
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