[Nfbf-l] Most recent update for Jim Ellsworth

[Holly Idler]

Jim,
You are a fighter, give the nurses hell. 
Your in my prayers.
Holly 

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> On Nov 5, 2013, at 7:40 AM, "Sherri" <flmom2006 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Yesterday, Jim was admitted to Moffitt hospital in order to receive part B 
> of the Hyper-CVAD treatment. This admission had been planned in advance; 
> however, there was a slight possibility that part B would be delayed since 
> Jim missed "day 11" of his chemotherapy due to him being so sick and his 
> hospitalization at St. Anthonys. However, upon going over jim's counts and 
> assessing his overall health, Dr. Sotomayor saw no reason not to continue 
> with the treatment.
> 
> Honestly, Jim's demeanor completely changed when finding out that he was 
> going back in the hospital. He was very sad and he wanted to come back home. 
> Again, please pray for Jim. Pray that God grants him the strength once more 
> to get through yet another round of chemo. We were told upfront that he will 
> very likely get mucositis again as this is an adverse effect of the 
> chemotherapy. Please pray that he will heal quickly from this; and that the 
> meds they have him on for this will help to lessen the discomfort. Also, 
> please pray today and tomorrow that he drinks lots of fluids, particularly 
> water, so that his system can flush out the Methotrexate. This is one of the 
> meds that he is receving in high doses over a 24-hour period. It is a highly 
> acidic drug and while they are giving him a high volume of special fluids 
> which will help to counteract the acidity levels and bring the levels back 
> down in his body, it will help speed the process up if he drinks copious 
> amounts of fluids. This will indeed be a challenge for jim because he doesn't 
> like drinking water; and, he doesn't intake enough fluids on a daily basis 
> to begin with. And last, please say a special prayer for our family that we 
> may all stay strong and that we are granted some extra strength to deal with 
> the complex emotions that we are all experiencing at this time.
> 
> In conclusion to this update, I want to thank everyone for all of the 
> wonderful birthday greetings that we received on our birthday and over the 
> weekend. We so very much appreciated them. We are truly blessed to have such 
> awesome friends, a loving family, and supportive co-workers. May everyone 
> have a great day.
> 
> Kim
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> Sherri
> 
> Character is the side of yourself you choose to show the world.
> Integrity is what you do, what you say and how you act when you think no one 
> is paying attention.
> Sherri Brun
> NFBF Newsline Chair
> flmom2006 at gmail.com
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