Back to the Hospital, Sigh

I haven't seen Jon since he got into the car with Rebecca last night -- Rebecca is doing all the Jon care while I am responsible for girls and farm. Reports are brief.

They went to Kaiser at Tysons and found that he had low oxygen. When they put him on oxygen, he perked up. He had been very low energy all day, so it must have been a lack of oxygen as much as low spirits. It took them all night to decide whether to send him to the hospital. Rebecca came home at 3:00 in the morning as there was nothing really for her to do there, and she needed to be home so I could leave the house at 5:30.

The CT scan showed pneumonia, his oxygen level dropped whenever they took away the supplemental oxygen, and his blood counts were low. Late in the morning, he was transported by ambulance. Rebecca went to Virginia Hospital Center to hang out with him and remember things.

In the month or so since he left that hospital, he regained all the weight he lost while doing the recent treatment. That treatment almost killed him and it also knocked back the cancer quite effectively. He hasn't been on any treatment since late September and his myeloma seems quiet for now.

But it is so disappointing to be set back again. This is at least the third time we have missed out on all the scheduled dates.

Thank goodness for Anna and Gordon who have filled in for us and made many things possible in the last two days. Mostly allowing the farm stuff to continue (Gordon took Jon's place at the last minute and drove to Southern Maryland for a load of vegetables, Anna took the girls for some time this morning so I could get to the CSA). 

I have had a quiet afternoon waiting for Liana to wake up from her nap. That is usually Rebecca's job, but somebody has to do it...

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