Thursday, June 11, 2009

Day 10

Today is day 10 and the day for Ryan's lumbar puncture. He had an appointment at 8:20 this morning in Kettering, it was an early morning! When we got there, we were informed that the machine that read the blood for levels was broken. Dr. Marinella told the ladies in the lab that they better come up with some way to get the levels checked because we drove an hour and a half and he couldn't get the lumbar puncture unless he knew that Ryan's platelets were high enough. So, they ended up taking Ryan's blood down the road to a CompuNet Lab so they could get the results. Blood levels looked good and the finally did the lumbar puncture, two hours after his appointment time.

Ryan was supposed to get his flush of chemo tomorrow afternoon, but since we had to wait so long this morning, Dr. Marinella had them give the chemo today as well, so he doesn't have any appointments tomorrow!

Ryan has slept most of the afternoon and he has also gotten sick a couple of times. Please keep him in your prayers today and tomorrow, he could use a really good night's sleep and a restful day tomorrow.

He wants to walk around at Poultry Days, so we're hoping that he feels much better tomorrow evening.

-A

2 comments:

  1. Hi Guys,

    Sorry to hear this is roughing Ryan up a bit. I pray he was able to rest well last night and is up for Poultry Days this weekend. I know I'm ready for some chicken ;) Hopefully you can go and walk around with Aubrey. It will be her first one, and I'm sure she'd be entertained with all the commotion!

    God bless you all and keep you safe and strong,
    Jill S.

    "God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble." -Psalm 46:1

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  2. Hey Wulbers!! Wanted to comment on your photo in the earlier post - you are such a neat family, what a neat picture! You all are still in our thoughts and prayers everyday! Hope to see you at Poultry Days. I remember talking to you guys last year and you were just waiting and wondering with your pregnancy! It is amazing what can all happen in just a year. It has been a year full of mixed emotions, I'm sure. We'll pray hard that God keeps helping you through each and everyday and keeps giving you strength, hope, health and happiness!

    Hope you start feeling better, Ryan.
    May God bless all of you and keep helping you through all of this!

    The Dirksens,
    Alan, Vickie, Simon and Eli

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