Hotel Hurley, Take Four

You know you’ve had too many stays at Hurley when you walk onto the pediatric floor and all the nurses exclaim in unison, “Hey, Jack’s back!”

Sigh. Hurley nurses are awesome but we really hadn’t planned on seeing them today. We came in to the oncology clinic this morning to begin the eight week consolidation phase of Jack’s chemotherapy. However, after an X-ray to try to determine the cause of Jack’s back pain, we discovered he has pneumonia. So chemo has been put on hold and Jack has been admitted to the hospital so he can have IV antibiotics. They’ll do another X-ray on Thursday and if the pneumonia is under control, he’ll have a spinal tap and start four days of chemo then.

It’s looking like we’ll probably be here until Sunday. Jack is super disappointed to miss cheering for his Mudcat teammates at their tournament in Grand Rapids this weekend, but his mantra from the beginning has been “Let’s get this done!” so we’re pushing through at Hurley for now.

Please pray that the pneumonia would be under control by Thursday so Jack’s chemotherapy won’t be delayed any longer. Thank you!