10/20/2019 9:06pm
Josiah has been sleeping on and off all day. His nausea is completely gone! He does have pain and pressure in his head still. i gave him...
Josiah has been sleeping on and off all day. His nausea is completely gone! He does have pain and pressure in his head still. i gave him...
New meds the doctor called in seem to be working well. Josiah is just SO exhausted. Very out of it. I’m glad the new stuff is cutting the...
Not the best night/morning for Josiah. I had the alarm set for 4am for his scheduled dose of oxy, muscle relaxer, and Tylenol, and he...
Sorry it’s been a bit since the last post! Josiah was discharged from the hospital yesterday around 12:30pm. We headed to a hotel in...
Sleep was on and off again for Josiah because the visits from the nurses. BUT this morning the doctor came and visited and said the...
Since 5pm, he has been doing so good! Pain is at about a 4 out of 10 for him so they gave him some Oxy. He said it is helping! The nurse...
Hi everyone! Today has been pretty good for Josiah, although he is in some pain. He does not have much of an appetite either. The nurses...
Nurses have still been in and out all night and morning. He’s gotten some sleep, but he said he’s still exhausted. They took him down to...
They took the catheter out at about 4am, and that hurt him a bit. He’s thankful it’s out though! He got to stand up and walk side to side...
Nurses have been in and out pretty consistently. They gave him medications through the IV including a steroid to help with swelling....
In the room for the night with him! Family and friends just left so he could rest. I’ll be here with him all night. He’s made some little...
I just got to go back in post-op and see Josiah for about 5 minutes! He slightly opened his eyes and the first thing he said was “hey...
Doctor came out! He said they removed about 85-90% of the tumor. He was very optimistic and said he was happy with how it went. The parts...
They called from the operating room and said they are closing him back up. Gave no other news than that other that the doctor would be...
Just got a call update from the operating room! They said everything is going as planned and that he is doing good. Short update, but...
When we got to the hospital at 9:15 they took him back for a CT scan to use for reference during the surgery. They brought him in a...
Tonight is the night before the surgery. We have had a great past couple of days in Atlanta and Chattanooga. We are definitely loving...
The MRI and pre-op went well. The physician’s assistant said they didn’t see any significant changes from his last MRI to this one. So no...
Josiah has been on the anti-seizure medication (Keppra 500mg 2X a day) for about a month which has kept the seizures from happening. This...
Hi family and friends! For those of you that don’t know, Josiah was diagnosed with a brain tumor recently. It started in late June when...