{"id":1911,"date":"2013-04-22T21:22:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-23T03:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jacobhickford.com\/?p=1911"},"modified":"2013-05-25T23:24:09","modified_gmt":"2013-05-26T05:24:09","slug":"little-piece-of-heaven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jacobhickford.com\/?p=1911","title":{"rendered":"Little Piece of Heaven"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"2013-04-22<\/a>Rather than heading in for chemo on Thursday,\u00a0we were able to load up and head for the beach.\u00a0 It was perfect and we felt like we needed to pull the family close and disappear.\u00a0\u00a0This\u00a0next stage of treatment is going to be so intense and Jake and I will spend the next couple of months away so much of that time that we figured this would be\u00a0our only opportunity\u00a0to spend some time together with all of us in one place.\u00a0 The weather was a bit chilly but the kids were able to body surf, and shell hunt, ride scooters and \"2013-04-21<\/a>skateboards, and just be on the beach and play.\u00a0Jake found a BIG bazooka water gun that was as big as him and he carried that around for a good part of a day.\u00a0 He didn’t get in the water like the big kids but he rode his scooter, and giggled at Gunner chasing every bird that would tease him, and took a lot of\u00a0walks with me. And we were ON the beach… the sound of the waves and the beach fun was just what we needed.\u00a0\u00a0The dog was quite the entertainment for all of\u00a0us as he was in doggie heaven and can hardly move today, he’s so worn out.\u00a0 For those of you who know him, \"2013-04-21<\/a>that’s saying A LOT.\u00a0 He’s a year old German Shorthair Pointer and his energy is endless… until now.\u00a0 We found that he is as\u00a0much of a beach lover as us.\u00a0 He’d run in and out of the\u00a0water and\u00a0swim into the waves to\u00a0surf with the kids.\u00a0 The “long weekend” did us good and now we can face the next few months a little lighter.\u00a0 I think the past few weeks had us all dragging.\u00a0We’re now scheduled for chemo this Thurs\"2013-04-21<\/a>day and Jake’s birthday is May 2nd so we should get out a couple of days before his special day to be home just in time to celebrate.\u00a0 We just need prayers that we STAY HOME!\u00a0 I’ve mentioned this before, this is the combination of drugs\u00a0that send us back\u00a0for a good long stay with neutrapenic\u00a0fever\u00a0and once we are admitted we can’t go home until his counts rise, which tends to drag.\u00a0 This time we’ve been cautioned that because\u00a0of the c-diff he picked up with his surgery a couple of weeks ago, it is highly likely that\u00a0\u00a0 it cou\"2013-04-21<\/a>ld recur, which would lengthen his stay.\u00a0They will give him antibiotics with this round to combat the mouth sores and that could be the golden ticket to bring it back.\u00a0 IF it doesn’t, and he ends up back in the hospital for the fever, they have no choice to give him really strong antibiotics and that will most certainly bring it on.\u00a0 The antibiotics change the flora in his gut\u00a0which\u00a0invites the c-diff\u00a0for a return visit.\u00a0 BIG sigh!\u00a0 Sweet boy just may not be able to outrun \"2013-04-22<\/a>it.\u00a0 If by some miracle\u00a0he\u00a0doesn’t get it this time, they said it’s certain to recur during stem cell transplant.\u00a0\u00a0They (BMT)\u00a0called today, by the way, and I will meet with them Friday\u00a0while we are inpatient.\u00a0 It’s time to begin getting everything in order.\u00a0 She mentioned another hearing test, a lot of blood work, liver test (or kideney ??) and an echogram.\u00a0 We hope to get most of this done while he’s “on the pole” this stay.\u00a0 So that’s the lowdown for now. It really wasn’t ever\u00a0part of the plan to head out for a family vacay in April or right before STAAR testing, or\u00a0right after Jake’s surgery but as we’ve learned, plans change… constantly!\u00a0\u00a0Another reminder of how little control we have… it’s all written, we’re just following God’s plan and this was another little God wink for us… It was really, really, REALLY\u00a0good to get away and we weren’t quite ready to come home… as they say, “life’s a beach”… definitely a little piece of heaven on earth for sure… at least it was for the weekend!\"20130420_121955<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rather than heading in for chemo on Thursday,\u00a0we were able to load up and head for the beach.\u00a0 It was perfect and we felt like we needed to pull the family close and disappear.\u00a0\u00a0This\u00a0next stage of treatment is going to be so intense and Jake and I will spend the next couple of months away … <\/p>\n

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