Today was Jared's 3rd day in the hospital. This morning started off pretty bad, Jared was in extreme pain from his mucositious as well as some tummy pain because he had because he had the IV nutrition all night and his tummy had to adjust to having food in it for the first time in a few days. Around 9 am they gave him his pain medicine now with a button, so he can push it up to every six minutes as needed. This has made it a lot easier for Jared to stay on top of his pain that made him so uncomfortable.
Jared slept for most of the day because his body is so weak it needs extra sleep to recover and feel better. His temperature was still pretty high today so they did lots more blood tests and we are still waiting on the results. Until we find out I have to wear a gown and gloves at all time... It’s a little annoying but it is to protect other people on the floor from any possible infection Jared might have. Jared is so ready and excited to feel better. Today was a very hard day, his mouth hurts so much that he does not talk very much and try’s to sleep through as much of it as possible.
My cute new outfit
This entire process, is something that we were excited to have happen over the last several months. Jared and I felt that we were prepared for everything that was about to happen a couple weeks ago. Now that we are at that place, I did not realize how hard this really was going to be. I feel like God really did bless me with peace and strength through all of this because now as it is happening it is hard to watch someone I love so much be in so much pain and suffer so much. A Transplant is a huge thing! It is not that I did not realize this, but now that he is recovering from this I have realized how huge this really is and how lucky we are that Jared could have this, and now live a long and healthy life.
Jared with TONS of blistex on his lips while sleeping.
Today is the first day for Jared's hair to start falling out again. When he woke up this morning he had loose hair all over his pillow. Within the next day I am sure it will all be gone! So not a lot of new information, but he is being very brave and strong! Tomorrow is a new day and hopefully he will feel a bit better! Thank you for your prayers! Continue to pray for Jared's health and recovery!
Stephanie, Thank you for your love and care for Jared! Thank you for this blog! It helps so much when praying for someone to understand what is happening and how to pray. I pray more and often now that I have more of the picture to what Jared is having to go through. I stand with all of you in the knowledge that God has a plan and loves Jared more than we can fathom. And I pray He will heal Jared, in His time, but quickly please Lord.
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