Jason update

It's now been 11 days that Jason has been in the hospital. 11 days of ice chips. 11 days of daily vampire visits (thats what Jason calls the nurses who take his blood for testing each day). 11 days of waiting and praying. I'm happy to report that he is doing much better. He is up and walking and finally got all the tubes out if him minus the PIC line that is feeding him his nutrients. The final diagnosis is Crohns Disease. So after 2 years of adjusting cooking to exclude flour in our house for my diet for Celiac Disease now we will have to watch fat intake and he will keep a food diary to record foods that cause flare ups. A chronic condition that has no cure, but something completely live able. So thankful for great doctors, nurses, and the prayer support. It's been a long couple weeks, and Jason will still have a long road of healing ahead.

Turning the tables

Life has a way of keeping us on our toes. Jason has been battling some stomach issues or possibly what he thought was a golf injury by not stretching enough. Sunday afternoon he had had enough and went to the ER. They did a CAT scan and found he had an abscess in his intestine. They admitted him Sunday night. The oldest two kids have day camp this week, so after dropping them off at the church for the day, I brought Adi to the hospital and spent the day with Jason. Shortly after 1 the doctor came in and had decided that surgery was gonna be necessary. The abscess was in the back of the intestines so the first plan of going in via radiology to drain it was not going to be possible. So plan b was to go laparoscopically and drain the abscess and see what else was going on and what needed to be fixed. Jason went back to surgery just after 4. I then traded Adi so she could get supper and a bath and join her siblings and I got a home cooked meal from our neighbors and waited. Just before 8 I met with the surgeon to hear how everything was and went. Jason had 6 inches of his small intestine removed that was diseased and as thick as a garden hose. He also had part of his colon removed and another section of bowel (it all came so fast so the details are already getting lost) repaired. I went back up to his room with our pastor who was waiting with me and made calls to family to let them know what was going on, and then a member of the nursing staff let us know that he wouldn't be staying on the surgical wing as planned but would spend the night in Critical Care. I finally got to see him just before 11pm and I spent the night with him here. It's always been me on the bed and him waiting and I hate seeing him so week and knowing close to the pain he is facing the next days and weeks as I've had the 3 c-sections and hysterectomy. Belly surgeries are amongst the worst. I am so glad to have such an amazing group of family and friends who step up and step in to take care of the kids and support us with prayers. They are so much appreciated. There are going to be many trying days ahead pain wise for Jason and budget wise for us as he won't be back at work for a while. But God has always shown his hand and carried us through and I know he won't drop us now.