UPDATE THURSDAY, 1/12/06: Current developments this week
Hawk and Skyla spent the night with Mimi and Pa McPeak Sunday night. Hawk's radiation treatments resumed Monday morning, 1/9/06.
The kids went back with Lindy to Hartsville for Monday night. Hawk had a very rough night. He fell asleep about 6 PM. He woke up at 11 PM. After that time, he would only sleep for short intervals. He woke often complaining with his stomach and being hungry. Of coarse, he could not eat after midnight because of having to be mediated before the radiation treatment Tuesday morning. Lindy was very stressed out when I met her at the Learning Center Tuesday morning after driving from Hartsville with Hawk crying most of the way.
Tuesday morning,we talked to Shaylee's grandmother when we met in the Radiation Dept. She stated that Shaylee had also had problems sleeping when she was on the higher dosages of steroids. We asked for an appointment with Dr. K.
We were not able to see him but were able to be seen by a member of his staff. The steroid dosage was reduced to one 4 mg tab a day to be given in the morning.
Wednesday morning, Hawk asked to go into the Learning Center to see some of his class mates. He had a few smiles for the first time in a long time. This is one of the issues that had concerned us so much. Our once happy, always smiling child, had been so sad and moody. After radiation, Hawk and Lindy went to Nanna Smith's. Hawk took a 3 hour night. This was the first time that he had taken an afternoon nap. Although he was very tired, he seemed to fight the nap.
That night, there were many more smiles and even some laughing. He slept well Wed. night, only waking up one time.
Thursday found him smiling much more. He also had more energy. After radiation, we went to the vet to see his dog, Dixie, that had been hit by a car shortly after Hawk was diagoised with cancer in December. Dixie is continuing to improve also. Hopefully, she will be released late next week.
We were very glad to see these improvements in Hawk.
On Thursday, Dr. K reduced his steroids to a half a tab or 2 mg a day. We hope and pray that we will see more improvements and no detioriation in his conditions.
We continue to be Blessed by so many people praying for Hawk and the family.
Thanks
Hawk and Skyla spent the night with Mimi and Pa McPeak Sunday night. Hawk's radiation treatments resumed Monday morning, 1/9/06.
The kids went back with Lindy to Hartsville for Monday night. Hawk had a very rough night. He fell asleep about 6 PM. He woke up at 11 PM. After that time, he would only sleep for short intervals. He woke often complaining with his stomach and being hungry. Of coarse, he could not eat after midnight because of having to be mediated before the radiation treatment Tuesday morning. Lindy was very stressed out when I met her at the Learning Center Tuesday morning after driving from Hartsville with Hawk crying most of the way.
Tuesday morning,we talked to Shaylee's grandmother when we met in the Radiation Dept. She stated that Shaylee had also had problems sleeping when she was on the higher dosages of steroids. We asked for an appointment with Dr. K.
We were not able to see him but were able to be seen by a member of his staff. The steroid dosage was reduced to one 4 mg tab a day to be given in the morning.
Wednesday morning, Hawk asked to go into the Learning Center to see some of his class mates. He had a few smiles for the first time in a long time. This is one of the issues that had concerned us so much. Our once happy, always smiling child, had been so sad and moody. After radiation, Hawk and Lindy went to Nanna Smith's. Hawk took a 3 hour night. This was the first time that he had taken an afternoon nap. Although he was very tired, he seemed to fight the nap.
That night, there were many more smiles and even some laughing. He slept well Wed. night, only waking up one time.
Thursday found him smiling much more. He also had more energy. After radiation, we went to the vet to see his dog, Dixie, that had been hit by a car shortly after Hawk was diagoised with cancer in December. Dixie is continuing to improve also. Hopefully, she will be released late next week.
We were very glad to see these improvements in Hawk.
On Thursday, Dr. K reduced his steroids to a half a tab or 2 mg a day. We hope and pray that we will see more improvements and no detioriation in his conditions.
We continue to be Blessed by so many people praying for Hawk and the family.
Thanks
posted by Ken (Pa) McPeak at 4:11 PM
1 Comments:
Prayers are going up for you guys here in the Northwest. I'm glad you have the blogsite so that we can keep up with Hawk's improvements. Whatever happens, I know that God is with you and is able to give you daily the strength you need. Our hearts are with you.
Grace and Peace,
Pat and Bruce
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