Bri

So this site cannot be dedicted only to Mike.  Bri leaves in less than 12 hours for her second mission trip to San Diego.  She loves it.  They go for Spring Break and serve homeless people in downtown San Diego.  She has spent the last several months raising money for this trip and it means a lot to her.  Next year she will be in the high school youth group and will be going to more far away places.  These trips have broadened her outlook on life and has taught her to appreciate what she has. 

I will update with the blog information when it becomes available.  I am so proud of my baby girl (although she's no longer a baby.)

News at 11

So today was another appointment with the doctor. Mike went 2 weeks with having a fever so they thought his adreanal (sp?) glands weren't working and they were tapering his meds too quickly. They upped his prednisone to 30 mg and his fever went away. Now he has general achiness and a sore throat so at today's dr. appt they found what they think is strep throat. They are waiting for his cultures to come back but Bryce, the physician's assistant, said to start the ammoxicillin (again sp?). So in general Mike feels like crap and doesn't feel like talking so if you call and get voicemail don't take it personal. His white blood count and his platelets are up too so they are monitoring it. He is still on blood thinners to help w/ the blood clot in his lung and they removed his IV line.

Now they're concerned that his kidney isn't being flushed properly and there's buildup of toxins so they want him to drink A LOT of water. LOL.

On to other news: We no longer have a cat - Sox was peeing in my clothes so Sox found another home. Dakota is having panic attacks so he's peeing in the play room every time we leave the house. Not sure what to do about this yet.

Bri leaves on Saturday for San Diego and will be gone a week. The house will be silent. We had high school orientation for her last month and I'm not sure how we got to be parents of a teenager :(

Mason will be here in 2 weeks (once I buy the ticket.) He says he's coming - now with more holes in his head :(


Otherwise nothing much to report in the Holliday Home. Call, text, email, facebook if you'd like. You will always get me - not so much Mike.

News today...

Just a quick update. It's been kind of crazy here. Mike has been running a low grade fever since last Tuesday (little over a week ago now.) He's been feeling icky and fatigued. We saw the dr. on Monday who was concerned about the fever lasting so long so he had a sonogram done of Mike's IV line in his arm. Mike has what's called a Pick Line IV in his arm with three IV lines that hang outside of his skin so I can administer his IVs. They did an ultrasound of the IV line because it wasn't drawing blood - just flushing fluids. They also did a CT of Mike's chest and found (as the dr. put it) a blood clot in his lung and another in his IV. They started him on blood thinners but the problem comes in that the blood thinners interfere w/ his other meds so there's a fine line to balance. We have another dr. appt tomorrow and Mike continues to feel crappy. News at 11...


In other news Bri leaves in three weeks for San Diego and her Mission trip. She raised all the money she needs for her trip. Thanks everyone for praying for her and the team. She is very excited about another trip to sunny Cali!

Work is work....nothing new or exciting on that front. As soon as Bri gets back from San Diego we're looking to get Mason's airline ticket for his springbreak in April. I'll update after the dr. appointment tomorrow.