Day 16 Post Transplant!

Today was another good day! Jared continues to slowly be making progress everyday. This morning when Jared's doctors came and spoke with us, they explained that Jared had only pressed his pain pump twice in the last day!! This means that Jared is now completely off the pain medication that he can give him self through IV every six minutes. The doctors also decided that since he is doing so good and his mucisitious his healing so well they introduced him back onto many of his medications in pill form rather then IV. The doctors also decided that because Jared is trying so hard to eat little bits that tonight they stopped his IV Nutrition!!! These are three HUGE things that all happened today and it means Jared is just one step closer to getting out of the hospital! 

Tonight the nurse came in and unhooked Jared from his IV nutrition and then realized he had nothing else he needed to be attached to while he sleeps because everything else is in pill form so tonight he gets to sleep for the first time in 2 weeks with no big tubes hooked up to him! He is very excited! In the morning he will be hooked back up for fluids, but no more real medicine! 

Jared looking over the menu trying to decide what to eat ! Not his favorite part of the day. 

 Today Jared was able to eat a little bit more then yesterday, but it is still a huge challenge! Food tastes icky and feels weird in his mouth and tummy so it is not an enjoyable experience. He did try to eat several new things today, but his favorites are Jell-O and hot coco a weird mix but that’s what tastes the best to him right now. Now that he is off the IV nutrition we need to be careful about making sure he gets lots of protein in the next several weeks. Jared is being a good sport when I make him take "one more bite" of everything he says tastes icky. 

Jared tried some pancakes this morning! 

Jared is continuing to heal from his mucisitious and is in far less pain, but is still waiting on a few areas to heal up. Jared counts are almost pretty much normal and out of the scary danger zone. Jared is really really hoping to get out of the hospital in the next few days just for a change and to rest at home. The doctors just check in day by day so hopefully he will be released soon! Continue to pray for energy, strength to eat, and that he will just continue to feel better and better each day! 

Airborne is now my drink of choice because I am so scared of getting sick!