Jared's New Home: UW Hospital

This morning we went for Jared's normal appointment at Seattle Cancer Care Alliance. On the way to the appointment, Jared informed me that he was not going to go home and he was ready for the hospital! We got to the appointment and the nurse asked about his mouth, and his pain level, and how much he has eaten and she agreed that it was time to make Jared's new home the hospital at least for a week or two. Jared's counts have finally dropped to almost zero, his mouth is very painful and very swollen, this makes it nearly impossible for him to eat and take his pills. Jared is very excited to be at the hospital, he feels safe and is happy to have all IV medications and in the next couple days they will probably start IV nutrition so he won’t even have to try to eat. They have been able to keep his nausea under control and his pain down. He is still very exhausted, but I think feels more secure in this new environment. 

Jared was very happy to be in his hospital room! 

Tonight he has been having a fever, so if it continues they may do some tests to see if they can target the infection. This is all very normal. I am staying with him at the hospital in an amazing chair that makes into a bed, so far it seems pretty comfy but we will see in the morning. Because Jared's counts are pretty much at zero they will keep him in the hospital until they start to go up. They guess that this will be around day 10 to day 13, we are on day 3 right now so he will be here for a while. 

Pray that his fever does not get worse and that he does not get any infections in this fragile time. Jared is so excited to get through all this, and his attitude today has been back up and positive! Thank you for your prayers and continued support! We love you all! 

 Jared & his owl Hootsie.