Unfortunately, not much of an update because we really don’t know too much.  As you know, Kevin and I went to the ER Sunday morning for him coughing up blood and this extreme stomach pain he’s been having.  After a discussion with everyone, we decided it best to stay admitted at LGH (Lancaster General) rather than making the trek to Johns Hopkins.  We decided if it was something serious, we could always be transferred at a later time to JH.

Since then, not a whole lot has happened.  They have Kevin on Delaudid (spelling?), a pain medication that is working AWESOMELY to control his stomach pain.  However, they have not found the root of this evil.  As soon as the pain meds wear off, he’s back up to a 5-7 out of 10 on the pain scale.  Most of it is centered around the feeding tube.

He was also diagnosed with a mild case of pneumonia, which is most likely why he’s been coughing up blood (the coughing up can only come from his lungs since he’s no longer attached to his stomach from his mouth).  They have him on many different anti-biotics to counteract the pneumonia as well as any possible infections going on in his GI tract.

We’re on board with a team of doctors including our local oncologist, nutrition, GI, and soon Cardio-Thoracic.  We’re hoping they can all put their brains together to come up with the root of the pain rather than just masking it with medication. 

Kevin is getting a 2 unit blood transfusion as well today.  His hemo dropped to 8.2 which is not great.  He is definitely bleeding out again from the tumor, which was expected, as there are signs of it through his feeding tube.  We fully expect Kevin to have to be on continuous blood transfusions bi-weekly as long as he has this very vascular tumor in his chest.

Today we’re hoping to get ANSWERS rather than just more medication.  They also have him on meds to get him “moving” if you get my drift, as they believe that is also contributing to his stomach pain.

Pray that we get the answers we seek here in Lancaster and do not have to travel to JH.  Also pray this can be a short, successful hospital visit.  Pray for continued healing as God is the miracle healer of all!

I’ll update as I can, but I do not have the laptop with me anymore, so continue praying for only positive, and I am sure the Lord will hear our prayers.  Whatever His will, we follow.