Shawn Update from Erin
Shawn is doing pretty well. He was scheduled to have chemo on Thursday (6/8) but he didn't have it because his platelets were down. This would make sense to why he has been having nose bleeds everyday for the past week.
Platelets are there to cause your blood to clot and when the counts are low then the blood flow doesn't slow down very much and causes frequent and uncontrollable nose bleeds.
He is scheduled to have his chemo this week hopefully. On July 29 he will have a pouchogram which will determine if everything is ready to be operated on. His second surgery is scheduled for July 31. This is the reversal surgery where the J-Pouch will hopefully be healed and ready to go for operation. Shawn will finally be rid of the illiostomy bag for forever, we hope.
In the meantime we are getting ready to go to a Thyroid specialist, which I don't know the official name of that doctor yet, to make sure his thyroids are okay and to make sure the cancer hasn't spread.
After his last two treatments they will tell us if he is cancer free or not. We will keep everyone up to date. Thank you again for your continued prayer and support for Shawn and myself. We love you guys and we are so thankful to have everyone of you in our lives here presently or even far away. Thank you. Erin
Platelets are there to cause your blood to clot and when the counts are low then the blood flow doesn't slow down very much and causes frequent and uncontrollable nose bleeds.
He is scheduled to have his chemo this week hopefully. On July 29 he will have a pouchogram which will determine if everything is ready to be operated on. His second surgery is scheduled for July 31. This is the reversal surgery where the J-Pouch will hopefully be healed and ready to go for operation. Shawn will finally be rid of the illiostomy bag for forever, we hope.
In the meantime we are getting ready to go to a Thyroid specialist, which I don't know the official name of that doctor yet, to make sure his thyroids are okay and to make sure the cancer hasn't spread.
After his last two treatments they will tell us if he is cancer free or not. We will keep everyone up to date. Thank you again for your continued prayer and support for Shawn and myself. We love you guys and we are so thankful to have everyone of you in our lives here presently or even far away. Thank you. Erin
posted by Darryl at 7:53 AM
5 Comments:
Praying for you guys every day. I know that I can only watch from a distance all that you are going through. I sense that God has grown you to a place that I may never reach. This is surely a refining fire that will mature you in the faith like nothing else. Hang in there. Keep us posted.
Love
Leah
WE KEEP SENDING UP THE PRAYERS!!!
We continue to pray daily for both of you.
Shawn and Erin I will continue to pray for you two. Not a day goes by that I dont think of you. Shawn we have been friends for many many years and you will always be my buddy. Hope to see you soon. If you guys need anything please call.
Love
Patti
And the news just keeps getting better! All the best to you guys with these next steps. Its been a long road and you guys have come so far. God Bless You and stay positive.
Love,
Matthew
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