Hi! Ursula here. (Jonathan's mom.) Brother-in-law Chad offered to set us up with a blog so that we could keep our friends in the know about our little Jonathan. Which is especially nice for friends and family who are not facebookers. :) So here's our first post. Let's see if we're doing this thing right.
For those of you who are just tuning in here is a little to fill you in...
For quite a few months, now, Jonathan has been dealing with congestion in his lungs. In February we found a spot of pneumonia and he was on a couple rounds of antibiotics. He just didn't really get better. He kept running fevers. We thought teething might be causing some of his troubles. But he just seemed to be getting progressively less healthy. He was looking pale. He was getting these little red freckles. Finally I noticed more bruises than usual. With a little internet research into these symptoms I had myself pretty much convinced that he had leukemia. I, however, do have hypochondriac tendencies and people around us thought that Jonathan still looked pretty good. Still Xav and I knew something needed to change for our little boy, and if it was leukemia we knew it needed to be dealt with more quickly. Well, he had blood work done on the morning of Thursday, May 29. By that afternoon we knew that his results indicated leukemia. We opted to go into the ER that evening. By the grace of the Lord our timing must have been "just in time". We were transported via medi-flight and arrived at the Seattle Children's Hospital on Friday morning at about 6:00. After a more specific diagnosing of the leukemia (AML-M7) Jonathan started his first round of chemotherapy Saturday evening and received it continuously for four days.
We are now in the waiting and watching phase as his immune system has to take the hit along with all the cancer cells. It is supposed to reach ground zero over the next day or so and then is expected to build itself back up over the next couple of weeks.
Jonathan received a transfusion of platelets yesterday and a blood transfusion this morning. Labs are done on his blood every morning to keep track of what he needs so that they can fill in the gap until his own blood is able to do its job again.
For those of you who are just tuning in here is a little to fill you in...
For quite a few months, now, Jonathan has been dealing with congestion in his lungs. In February we found a spot of pneumonia and he was on a couple rounds of antibiotics. He just didn't really get better. He kept running fevers. We thought teething might be causing some of his troubles. But he just seemed to be getting progressively less healthy. He was looking pale. He was getting these little red freckles. Finally I noticed more bruises than usual. With a little internet research into these symptoms I had myself pretty much convinced that he had leukemia. I, however, do have hypochondriac tendencies and people around us thought that Jonathan still looked pretty good. Still Xav and I knew something needed to change for our little boy, and if it was leukemia we knew it needed to be dealt with more quickly. Well, he had blood work done on the morning of Thursday, May 29. By that afternoon we knew that his results indicated leukemia. We opted to go into the ER that evening. By the grace of the Lord our timing must have been "just in time". We were transported via medi-flight and arrived at the Seattle Children's Hospital on Friday morning at about 6:00. After a more specific diagnosing of the leukemia (AML-M7) Jonathan started his first round of chemotherapy Saturday evening and received it continuously for four days.
We are now in the waiting and watching phase as his immune system has to take the hit along with all the cancer cells. It is supposed to reach ground zero over the next day or so and then is expected to build itself back up over the next couple of weeks.
Jonathan received a transfusion of platelets yesterday and a blood transfusion this morning. Labs are done on his blood every morning to keep track of what he needs so that they can fill in the gap until his own blood is able to do its job again.
We are praying each day for your little Jonathan. We have been going through trials with our little 17 month old grandson as well, so we pray for your Jonathan as we pray for our Titus. God is faithful and He will be with you through each step you have to take. Love, Bernie and Karen Fehr
ReplyDeleteWe are praying for Jonathan! Please let us know if we can help you in any way :). Haven and Amy Hofman
ReplyDeletePraying daily here as well for your sweet little guy. Praying for comfort, healing, stamina, strong immune system, and a supernatural sustaining for both Jonathan and his parents!
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