We May Get to Bust Out of Baltimore

By now we have learned that plans can change within minutes, but right now the idea is that after Jon gets scoped, they will send him home for a few weeks with some meds. He still is on standby for that procedure, but it should happen on Monday or Tuesday. Then while they wait the five days for that culture to grow, he will still be on antifungal medication that we will administer (assuming it is another IV antibiotic). They may adjust his prescription at that point. It will be at least two weeks before they test to see if this is working. So he probably gets to come home, unless some other unforeseen hiccup happens.

When he leaves the hospital, he goes back into the care of his regular Hopkins oncologist, Dr. Imus. We really like this doctor.  Dr. Imus will decide what happens next, along with the Infectious Disease doctor.

I left that world yesterday morning and headed for Loudoun.  No one knew I was coming but I had a chance to talk to Ciara outside the greenhouse, Casey by the Green Barn, Michael at his yurt, Stephen where he was participating in a community tree maintenance activity. It took me three hours to make my rounds. Doctors are much more efficient. I arrived in Vienna to find a shivering crew packing greens for market. By the time I got back to them in warm clothes, they didn't need me anymore.  It is good to be back in real life, even briefly. I helped Benjamin and Jim get organized with chains and tractor to rescue the loader from a cliff, but I did not participate (still trying not to do anything that might keep me from being a useful caregiver...).  I got in the hot tub and slept at home for the first time in two weeks! Helped Isabel load up for market at 6 AM and that felt so normal. Normal is very good.

While this is not what anyone had hoped, it will be good to have a break from hospital life. We will have to be hypervigilant but now Jon has another chance to help Benjamin make progress on this Horse Barn.

Rebecca and Jon have been living it up at the hospital, and they even went on a long walk with the IV pole, just like everyone else. Jon assured me that he did not walk around in his hospital gown. That is not going to happen.


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