Good evening,
Jon had an appointment at NIH today. The chest X-ray showed that his lungs have improved since last week. Jon's doctor's want him to do everything possible to gain weight! At this point he's lost almost 20 pounds so calories are important. He needs to force protein and fats. For those of us that want to lose weight, this is hard to imagine but Jon's doctor wants him as strong as possible before his treatments begin. We were brainstorming on the way home today asking Jon what foods appealed to him and he mentioned his Granny's pumpkin cake and macaroni salad among other things. :) If you have any ideas about how to temp his taste buds I'm all ears.
The necessary cells are growing and we'll know more later, but we are currently looking at beginning treatments in about 4 weeks.
Jon and Anne have been receiving lots of cards each day! Thank you'll so much. Jon sits and reads them each afternoon and finds comfort and encouragement that so many are thinking about, and praying for him. We are so grateful for all of your support!
We are looking forward to being together as a family this weekend to celebrate Jen's marriage to Dave. God is good!
Love,
Susan,Susie,Sue,Mom
Have a wonderful family weekend! Best wishes to Jen and Dave!
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ReplyDeleteAlso, if you remember Susan i was super sick with Pursey when i was pregnant. Different situation obviously--but the thing that helped me gain weight the most was drinking protein shakes with lots of peanut butter in them. If Jon could stomach a smoothie---you can use either peanut butter and banana with chocolate milk or else i also now LOVE full fat coconut milk. It's FULL of good fat---and that would be an awesome thing to put in his smoothies. I was also wondering, if i could make a meal for them sometime. I would just drop it on the doorstep whenever they were home to pick it up. :)