Hopeful News

Don't let the picture fool ya! This is Dad today!
Dad is doing a little better today. The Dr's came in and said that his the levels in his kidneys and liver are doing a little better today. They have scheduled a biopsy for Monday, and that will be able to tell them a lot more. Saturday was a really good day! Perry and Scott came and sat with Dad while I took mom and we went scrap bookin'! It was a nice out for mom, and dad ended up staying up all day and watching Football with the boys! He really enjoyed the BYU vs Wyoming game! He is starting to get back his appetite and finally thinking that food smells good and taste good. He is even asking for certian foods. Mom was really excited about that. He still has to drink the Ensure drinks, which he hates, and I can't blame him, but now to encourage him, they are making them into a milk shake for him. He said they still taste bad, but it helps. He is doin pretty good today. A little more tired than yesterday, but doing well!

Thought we were on the mend . . .

But we're still having a hard time! The meds for dad's pneumonia is making it hard on his kidney's and liver. They still haven't found what kind of infection that he has, and keep adjusting the doses of anit-biotic. They said that his bone marrow is not producing the stuff to fight anything! So we are still in the woods! We can see a little flicker of light, but not even close to the edge to see clearly yet! But he is trying to stay strong and positive, but its hard sometimes! But we will keep on truckin!

In my world . . .

A ton has been going on besides dad being in the hospital. This weekend we catered a marathon, and took Sunny and Scotts engagements!(I hope they turned out like they wanted them too!) Here is a sample . . .

Sai'peti is starting to stand on his own. He is too cute! Funny too! He will only stand on his own for about 5 seconds, and then try to sit down. He is not scared of anything, well except for standing on his own. This kid will push toys together to crawl up, and will climb any set of stairs he can find! I am afraid we have a rock climber on our hands! He loves to climb, even if it is mom and dad, he does really well on that too! All in all, he has been really fun! We are kinda excited to have him walk, but I am afraid that he is going to skip walking and jump right to sprinting! Time will tell!

Update on Dad

Okay here we go again.
So they got dad into the Huntsman’s Center. (For those of you that don’t know what the Huntsman Center is, here is the link http://www.huntsmancancer.org/ )It is more than wonderful! He has 5 Doctors that are assigned to him, and they come in every morning to have a little meeting and to correlate with one another, and to let mom and dad know what is going on. Its also nice because mom and dad can ask questions and they don’t have to say “I don’t know I will have to ask the Doctor”, cuz they are all right there!
This is what they have found out so far. He still has pneumonia, and is battling that as well as he can. They discovered that he has a fungal yeast infection. They know that there is something wrong with the liver, but not really sure what is going on. They don’t want to do a liver biopsy, cuz they are afraid that dad will have a hard time with bleeding.
Infectious Disease Dr brought in a team to study dad, and they decided that dad wasn’t strong enough yet. They also said that they have never seen anything like this, and they are going to have to hit the books on this one. They seem pretty confident, and did an ultra sound on some of his vital organs. They also looked at his pick, to make sure that there was no clots. They took him in for a CT scan to look at his liver and kidneys, to see if they could see anything on that. But he seemed like he was in good spirits. He was a little on edge, but they had quit giving him his happy pills, but they were starting him back up on those last night. He was really concerned about mom and didn’t want mom to stay there that much just cuz he knows that it is hard on her. I explained that hopefully this weekend she will come scrap booking with me for at least a day. We took mom out to dinner last night, to PF Changs! I love that place. Mom seemed to really have a nice time! We went with Brooke and Perry, and we were able to laugh a bit, so it was nice! You just kinda feel bad that dad can’t go, but I think it was a nice break for him too!

New Picture of Sai

We took this picture of Sai at the Mall. He was soo cute! He was turning the steering wheel just like a big boy! It was so cute!

Update on dad!

Dad was just transferred yesterday to UVRMC and they are waiting to get him a bed in SLC at the Huntsman's Center, but there are no beds available, but they think they can get him in there in the next 3 days.
They did the bone marrow biopsy and said that his bone marrow is chalked full of cancer cells. Dr. Bott gave dad a 50/50 chance, and said he had never seen the kind of cancer that he has grow so fast. Dr. Bott is very concerned, and that concerns us.
Mom is doing as well as she can. She really had a hard time when Dr. Bott came in to talk to them. As for the rest of us kids, we are pretty good. Just trying to be strong for mom and dad, but you know how that goes. Rebecca stayed they night with mom last night at the Hospital Guest House, and we are just going to rotate who will stay with mom.
The plan is to first get rid of the pneumonia, and find if there is another source of infection in his body that they are not seeing. Once he gets over that, they want to do Chemo, and see if they can't get the cancer cells to go down. So basically it is a hurry up and wait game.
I will keep everyone posted! Thanks for your love and concern! We really appreciate it all!

Lots has gone on!

Okay, here is a quick run down. . .
First of all, I just want to say that I love Boyz II Men! For my birthday, I went to the Boyz II Men concert with Sunny, Perry and Brooke, and LOVED it! & yes I will admit that I knew every stinking word, to every single song, and I danced my tail off! Thank you Sunny for one of the best presents ever! Cuz I thought we'd go to the end of the road. . . oh wait, just havin flash backs!

Second, not the best of news but I thought I better mention it, I dont know how many know, but my dad last year was diagnosed with Leukemia. He just recently had another round of chemo therapy, and for some reason, his liver, kidneys, and lungs just dont want to cooperate! He was put in the hospital on Monday, and is still there. Friday, we had a little bit of a scare, but so far, he is doing a little better, and hopefully things are on the up! I will keep everone informed, and I appreciate everyone's love and concern! You guys are the best! Hopefully, he will be able to get better soon, so Sai can love on his papa!