Just a short note....
Friday morning I rushed Jack to St. Barnabas Hospital because he had very labored breathing. He has had a cough for the last 10 days and had even had an x-ray on Monday and everything was fine. Long, Long, Long story short, Jack has pneumonia. This is not a result of the transplant however his medication is suppressing his immune system and that could be part of the reason why the cough ended up in pneumonia. Because of the snow storm on Friday Jack was unable to be transported down here to Philly so he was kept in the PICU in St. Barnabas Friday night and Helicopter Transport came Saturday morning to pick him up and this time Roy got to take the flight down here to Philly. I got things settled at home and met them down here later in the day. Jack is doing very well and after reducing a lot of the fluid that he was retaining his breathing has gotten significantly better. We are always in need of prayers, so as usual thank you for always keeping him in yours. Since it is the weekend not much gets down in the hospital but when tomorrow comes (Monday) we will be discussing with the doctors what needs to be done to keep his fluid retention under control as well as getting some other testing he needs done while we are here. Hopefully this will not be a lengthy stay but we will do whatever is best for Jack, as always.
I will post more after I know more from Dr. Bunin. Again, Thank you for always remembering us in your thoughts and prayers.
P.S. Please keep our good friend Cheryl in your prayers as she recovers from her patella replacement surgery she underwent on Friday. She has been the backbone to all of our fundraising and keeping track and sending out Thank You's for all of the donations we have received and we wish her a very painless recovery. Thanks for everything, Cheryl, GET WELL SOON!