Nathans Journey
Most photographed child of all time? Naw....
Nathan thru Chemotherapy...Outpatient care...Surgery... and Radiation
Nathan thru Chemotherapy...Outpatient care...Surgery... and Radiation
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Nathan UPDATE BLOG
1-22-2011 Out to visit Crystal, Dave, Tobias and Lily. Nathan adjusted well and played trucks and then had a big treat. He got to play a real drum set. Tobias even gave him a pair of drum sticks!
1-14-2011 Nathan has follow-up with Dr. Eagan. All looks well with the surgery even though his stiches came out and we have to use band-aids to keep it sealed.
1-10-2011 Nathan had surgery to remove his port access. He did well during the wait but cried on the way in. He was cranky later and we tried to keep distracted as much as possible.
1-2-2011 Went to dinner at La Pinata with Sue and Tobey. Everything was really good. Nathan was a ham and then threw a tantrum. He recovered and we returned to dinner. A very nice evening with family.
1-1-2011 Days passing quickly. Ready for a brand new year!
12-29-10 Nathan cranky after his MRI. Luckily Grandma Liz helping keep him occupied. Thanks for dinner!
12-26-10 One last gift to get. Thanks to my coworkers Zarinka and Denise Nathan can get the biggest, bestest gift he ever wanted today! He picked a tricicle.(pictures soon!) Thanks to everyone, you made Christmas extra special this year.
12-25-10 What a day! Great Grandma and Grandpa Bob and LaVonne's for the morning festivities. Visited with Aunt Jeanie and Steve and online with Jimmy in England. Then off to Great Grandma Bevs house for dinner and more gifts. He has had many opportunities to learn the fine art of unwrapping gifts. Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night.
12-24-10 An exciting night for Nathan opening gifts. He loves all his new clothes and TOYS! Special Thanks to ACCCHI for donations made to Nathan, and our family for the holiday.
12-9-10 Nathan had so much fun at Grandma Liz's house. He was security and came home filthy. He doesn't even now he's going to the fire department tommorrow to see where the fire trucks are kept.
12-3-10 Updates from November below
11-30-10 Nathan went to doctors for follow up. Dr. Williams says Nathans progress is remarkable. Dr Eagan doesn't think Nathan will need P.T.
11-26-10 Went to dinner with all the grandparents. Dillons was really crowded and Nathn threw a fit, He did calm down and put his cute on for dinner. Aimee and Mason came to visit bearing gifts for Nathan. Early Christmas.
Thank you.
11-24-10 Thanksgiving dinner at Grandma Bevs. Haven't seen Aimee in years. It wa nice to visit. Nathan and Mason became fast friends. They played cars and watched cartoons.
11-14 to 11-23 Time Vaccuum
11-13-10 Today we go home! No place like it. Difficult keeping Nathan busy. He is stir crazy and wants out of ths hospital.
11-11-10 Masks and smocks in the room due to antibiotics knocking out his intestine flora.
11-7-10 Time is flying by I am trying to keep up with contact. We have had a little setback with Nathan. He developed a little infection. We took him in to Phoenix Childrens for treatment. He had another MRI and is recieving IV antibiotics. He is responding well. Pray for no other issues.
Nathan UPDATE BLOG
1-22-2011 Out to visit Crystal, Dave, Tobias and Lily. Nathan adjusted well and played trucks and then had a big treat. He got to play a real drum set. Tobias even gave him a pair of drum sticks!
1-14-2011 Nathan has follow-up with Dr. Eagan. All looks well with the surgery even though his stiches came out and we have to use band-aids to keep it sealed.
1-10-2011 Nathan had surgery to remove his port access. He did well during the wait but cried on the way in. He was cranky later and we tried to keep distracted as much as possible.
1-2-2011 Went to dinner at La Pinata with Sue and Tobey. Everything was really good. Nathan was a ham and then threw a tantrum. He recovered and we returned to dinner. A very nice evening with family.
1-1-2011 Days passing quickly. Ready for a brand new year!
12-29-10 Nathan cranky after his MRI. Luckily Grandma Liz helping keep him occupied. Thanks for dinner!
12-26-10 One last gift to get. Thanks to my coworkers Zarinka and Denise Nathan can get the biggest, bestest gift he ever wanted today! He picked a tricicle.(pictures soon!) Thanks to everyone, you made Christmas extra special this year.
12-25-10 What a day! Great Grandma and Grandpa Bob and LaVonne's for the morning festivities. Visited with Aunt Jeanie and Steve and online with Jimmy in England. Then off to Great Grandma Bevs house for dinner and more gifts. He has had many opportunities to learn the fine art of unwrapping gifts. Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night.
12-24-10 An exciting night for Nathan opening gifts. He loves all his new clothes and TOYS! Special Thanks to ACCCHI for donations made to Nathan, and our family for the holiday.
12-9-10 Nathan had so much fun at Grandma Liz's house. He was security and came home filthy. He doesn't even now he's going to the fire department tommorrow to see where the fire trucks are kept.
12-3-10 Updates from November below
11-30-10 Nathan went to doctors for follow up. Dr. Williams says Nathans progress is remarkable. Dr Eagan doesn't think Nathan will need P.T.
11-26-10 Went to dinner with all the grandparents. Dillons was really crowded and Nathn threw a fit, He did calm down and put his cute on for dinner. Aimee and Mason came to visit bearing gifts for Nathan. Early Christmas.
Thank you.
11-24-10 Thanksgiving dinner at Grandma Bevs. Haven't seen Aimee in years. It wa nice to visit. Nathan and Mason became fast friends. They played cars and watched cartoons.
11-14 to 11-23 Time Vaccuum
11-13-10 Today we go home! No place like it. Difficult keeping Nathan busy. He is stir crazy and wants out of ths hospital.
11-11-10 Masks and smocks in the room due to antibiotics knocking out his intestine flora.
11-7-10 Time is flying by I am trying to keep up with contact. We have had a little setback with Nathan. He developed a little infection. We took him in to Phoenix Childrens for treatment. He had another MRI and is recieving IV antibiotics. He is responding well. Pray for no other issues.
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Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2010 0:59:16 -0400
> From:
> Subject: Another Nathan update...
>
> Hello to all our family and friends,
>
> It has been 3 weeks and 2 days since Nathan's surgery, which went extremely well. It has been 1 week and 2 days since Nathan completed his radiation therapy treatments. He came home from the hospital 8 days ago. We are all so grateful for all your prayers and well wishes. Dana took him to a Dr. visit this afternoon and Dr. was very pleased with his progress. The incisions are healing nicely, still quite red but so far no problems.
>
> They came to visit me after the Dr. visit. Nathan is walking very well. Even a little running, definitely climbing and ready to play. We added a playground to our backyard for him and as these pictures attest, he was up for it.
>
> Keep the encouraging thoughts for his complete recovery.
>
> Bless you all,
> Bette & Jim
Sent: Fri, October 15, 2010 8:10:11 AM
Subject: Re: Update on Nathan
We'll keep the prayers coming Bette-
So glad he continues to get stronger-and beat the nasty monster!
xo
Scott & Kathy
10-15-10 Nathans not too hungry or thirsty. But were encouraging him to eat and drink and stay distracted.
Grandma (Bette) wrote
He is now in St. Josephs Hospital for the twice daily radiation treatments for 7
days. The first was Wednesday 10/13/10. He was happy and laughing before his
treatment but I understand he woke up cranky after. I don't understand why... He
is moving around and rolling and crawling in his hospital bed. It's all Jeff and
Dana and the childcare volunteers can do to keep him entertained and keep him
from being bored. There is still a lot of pain going on, and will be for some
time to come. He is expected to be released from the hospital and begin
Physical Therapy soon after he finishes these treatments.
Thank You and Bless You All,
Bette & Jim Read
10-11-10 Nathan transported to St. Josephs to begin radiation therapy. He says he wants to "go" meaning home.
10-13-10 Nathan a bit cranky today had his first treatment. he will have two treatments for seven days. Then we begin P.T.
10-8-10 Nathan is recovering in ICU. Round the clock to keep him comfortable. He has an epidural and gets IV meds when he is really agitated. He seems to be accepting his situation right now. I can tell he wants to leave.
10-06-10 Long night, Nathan had to get an NG tube (tube in the nose) to get the medication and had some vomiting early in the morning. Nathan in for surgery around 8:30 AM. Close family and friends waited anxiously for word from the operating room. The tumor is removed by 11:30 but needs to be closed, and that will take another 3 hours.
10-05-10 Happy Birthday Nathan!!! We arrived at Phoenix Childrens Hospital to get ready for Nathans surgery. Bowel care is on the agenda. He had a really nice cake last night. Nothing to eat tonight.
> From:
> Subject: Another Nathan update...
>
> Hello to all our family and friends,
>
> It has been 3 weeks and 2 days since Nathan's surgery, which went extremely well. It has been 1 week and 2 days since Nathan completed his radiation therapy treatments. He came home from the hospital 8 days ago. We are all so grateful for all your prayers and well wishes. Dana took him to a Dr. visit this afternoon and Dr. was very pleased with his progress. The incisions are healing nicely, still quite red but so far no problems.
>
> They came to visit me after the Dr. visit. Nathan is walking very well. Even a little running, definitely climbing and ready to play. We added a playground to our backyard for him and as these pictures attest, he was up for it.
>
> Keep the encouraging thoughts for his complete recovery.
>
> Bless you all,
> Bette & Jim
Sent: Fri, October 15, 2010 8:10:11 AM
Subject: Re: Update on Nathan
We'll keep the prayers coming Bette-
So glad he continues to get stronger-and beat the nasty monster!
xo
Scott & Kathy
10-15-10 Nathans not too hungry or thirsty. But were encouraging him to eat and drink and stay distracted.
Grandma (Bette) wrote
He is now in St. Josephs Hospital for the twice daily radiation treatments for 7
days. The first was Wednesday 10/13/10. He was happy and laughing before his
treatment but I understand he woke up cranky after. I don't understand why... He
is moving around and rolling and crawling in his hospital bed. It's all Jeff and
Dana and the childcare volunteers can do to keep him entertained and keep him
from being bored. There is still a lot of pain going on, and will be for some
time to come. He is expected to be released from the hospital and begin
Physical Therapy soon after he finishes these treatments.
Thank You and Bless You All,
Bette & Jim Read
10-11-10 Nathan transported to St. Josephs to begin radiation therapy. He says he wants to "go" meaning home.
10-13-10 Nathan a bit cranky today had his first treatment. he will have two treatments for seven days. Then we begin P.T.
10-8-10 Nathan is recovering in ICU. Round the clock to keep him comfortable. He has an epidural and gets IV meds when he is really agitated. He seems to be accepting his situation right now. I can tell he wants to leave.
10-06-10 Long night, Nathan had to get an NG tube (tube in the nose) to get the medication and had some vomiting early in the morning. Nathan in for surgery around 8:30 AM. Close family and friends waited anxiously for word from the operating room. The tumor is removed by 11:30 but needs to be closed, and that will take another 3 hours.
10-05-10 Happy Birthday Nathan!!! We arrived at Phoenix Childrens Hospital to get ready for Nathans surgery. Bowel care is on the agenda. He had a really nice cake last night. Nothing to eat tonight.