11/08/2009
by Michael Wells Today was a very rough day for Brady. In the past 20 hours Brady has projectile vomited 3 times and on each occasion he is apparently in more pain than ever. His team of doctors are telling us the same story; this is all to be expected. Expected or not it’s just wrong to watch and is getting Sherrie and I upset to the point of screaming. Brady is on so many different medications I really cannot keep track of all of them. Right now he has morphine, TPN, IL, IVF, Sodium Chloride, dextrose, osmolarity, and now I have to give him cetirizine and voriconazole orally. Today’s photo shows it best; more dispensers than a Pez factory. Sherrie pushed one of Brady’s doctors to get some more definitive answers and he told her we can expect this type of reaction from all the chemo and meds for the next 25 days. December cannot come fast enough. Not until Brady starts growing more white blood cells will much improve. Today’s CBC results showed a white blood count of 1.1 which is truly OUTSTANDING!!! While this is by no means where we want this to be, it’s a far improvement from 0.4. Sherrie is headed home tonight so I have to say good-bye for now and until next time: Please keep Brady in your thoughts, prayers and hugs… Ps About 2 months ago I lost my wedding ring while working in the yard and much to my surprise and delight my beautiful bride gave me a new one this week-end. She is without a doubt a truly magnificent woman. Yes Wayne, I do indeed know just how very lucky I am!!! Pss 10:45pm make it 4 times in 25 hours, temp 103.4; Brady’s having a rough time of it…“8 Years Later—Still No Cure for Pediatric Cancer” is a series of posts revisiting the journal kept by Sherrie and Michael Wells during the cancer diagnosis and treatment of their son, Brady Michael. Hopefully these entires will provide an understanding of the journey families face when dealing with these horrific diseases and of the important work the Hugs for Brady Foundation does.