[Nfbf-l] Most recent update for Jim Ellsworth

[Sherri]

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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