Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Eric's Lungs are Functioning!

We got the test results back and Eric's lungs are fine. Apparently, there is a slight decrease in his diffusion, but it is not significant. He got all parts of his chemo on Monday and is dealing with the aftermath now. The weirdest side effect to me is that for the 2-3 nights after he gets chemo, he wakes up in the middle of the night and can't go back to sleep. The last 2 nights he has been up from 1-4 am. We've been told that steroids are responsible for keeping him up. We knew he would lose his hair with chemo and maybe be nauseated, but there are so many other little things that people don't talk about. But hey, the chemo is working so Eric's not complaining!

16 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wonderful news about Eric's lungs! He is so strong and we are not surprised he is doing well. I suffer from insomnia, so I can empathize...tell Eric that the middle of the night is the best time to catch up on old movies!!!

Katie said...

That is GREAT news!!!

Lynette said...

That is the news that we want to hear!! Keep on keepin' on. Aunt Letty

Anonymous said...

Glad to hear things are going well. We are thinking of you guys :)

Steph said...

Woo hoo! Happy to read the good news. Your family is in my thoughts and prayers. Love you guys!

Cathie said...

Eric knew! I loved reading the miracles that have come about through this. That little Paige is so cute and getting so big!

sara cardon said...

So glad to hear things are going so well!!

Greg said...

Great news about Eric! Keep up the good work!!
Hey, I want some monkey cookies!! Guess I'll have to have Lori make me some to share with my friends....oh yeah

Lisa Danielson said...

Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! I know Ryan is really excited to see him!

Trisha said...

Good news! YEAH!!

Nathan said...

Excellent news! Thanks for being so generous in sharing the news. You guys are in our prayers and it's great to be able to keep up with the news on the blog.

Love,
The Kendigs

Eric and Caralee said...

That is such good news! I'm so glad to hear things are going well despite all those side effects.. :)

familia Bybaran said...

So great to hear Megan. I do love these updates.

Kari said...

Hi Megan,

First of all thank you for your example of Faith in times of adversity. It is so great to hear that Eric is doing well, working & fighting! You guys are such an AWESOME family to have as friends.

Paige is a cutie! Mason's Monkey Cookies look so Yummy & Creative, Thanx for the recipe!

We keep you in our prayers!
Kari
ps. We are planning to move to Denver,CO within the next 6 months! Justin is planning to do a start-up!

Barney said...

We are so glad to hear the cemo is working. Thanks for the update.

Jacob Borg said...

it was great to see Eric! Thanks for making the trip. I will post/ send some pics.

Jacob