Saturday

Jon was discharged. He is still having some pain, but at least he is at home resting.

Friday Morning

Jon had a good night. Dr. Sielaff was here early this morning. He said Jon could eat a regular diet, and get the epidural out today. MAYBE if his pain is under control he could go home tommorrow.

Jon's Prayer

Dear Lord Jesus, thank you for my blessings….my breath, my loved ones, and being alive this day – all are gifts from You to me. Jesus, I place myself in your care at this difficult time. Take hold of my hand this day; help me know that I need face my troubles alone. Please send me consolation in my sorrow, courage in my fear, and healing in the midst of my battle with cancer. Please fill me with the grace to accept whatever may lie ahead for me and my loved ones and strengthen my faith in Your healing power. Thank you, Jesus, for the promise of hope you hold out to all who believe, and inspire me to this gift of hope to others as it has been given to me. Amen.

Thursday morning

Good morning! Jon had an OK night. His pain is under control, but he is quite nausiated. We think that it is the epidural that is causing the nausea. He is experiencing some nerve pain in his right shoulder region from the epidural, but no abdominal discomfort. Right now he is resting. Thanks for checking in!

Evening Update

Hi everyone- Thank you all for your support today. Jon is doing well, resting in bed with the Twins game on. We are so happy with the news today. I am not sure exactly how much of his liver was taken out and will have to ask Dr. Sielaff in the morning. He did mention that 95% of the tumors resected were dead tissue, which shows he responded well to the chemotherapy. He will more than likely have to have more chemo when he has recovered from this surgery. I am going to call it a night...will update in the morning.

Surgery is over....

Surgery is over and it is all good news. The surgeon came out at 3:30 to talk to all of us. Originally there were 3 spots showing up on his scans. The surgeon only found two. He cut out the two spots and consulted a radiologist about the third. The third tumor couldn't be found and they think that chemo must have gotten rid of it. There were no complications during the procedure. Dr. Sielaff is very happy with the outcome and so are we. I already went to see Jon about 45minutes ago. He is in PACU now and will be admitted soon. Thanks for all your prayers and support.

1:17 Update

We all saw Jon off to the OR at 11:50. They needed to put in the epidural still. The surgeon came out and told us he would start with the laparoscopy, look around and then hopefully do the resection. Dr. Sielaff is going to resect just the areas with the tumors and try to leave as much liver as he can.

Surgical Updates

Hi everybody! Jon's surgery is scheduled Wednesday the 27th @ noon. We are ready and he is feeling great. I will have my computer with me, and will be updating the blog throughout the day.