Follow-up on possible Heart Attack

On Sunday, November 18th Jerry was having symptoms that to me indicated he might possibly be having a heart attach. The symptoms came on suddenly and he was having pain in his shoulders, pain in his jaw, and nausea. Jerry was scaring me during church and I asked him if we needed to leave and he said no. After church we went home and he said he was feeling better, but the rest of the day he was very lethargic. I told him I thought we needed to go to the hospital to make sure he wasn't having a heart attack and he said he didn't think so. On Monday, I looked up the symptoms and showed him... then he thought maybe his symptoms indicated he possibly did have a heart attack. Jerry's oncologist ordered an EKG and the physician told Jerry it did not look like it was. Jerry told his oncologist that, if he every has similar symptoms he would take them more seriously and go to the hospital immediately.

Harmony turns 5 years old.

Miss Harmony turned 5 years old on Friday November 16th. Happy Birthday little miss Harmony. Jerry called her on his way to work on Friday. However, evidently, when they were finished talking Harmony neglected to hang up the telephone. I was trying all day and into the evening... without success. I even called Jerry's (Harmony's) dad's cell phone. Finally, I was able to get through to wish Harmony a happy birthday. Harmony was too busy playing Hungry-Hungry hippo's to talk much and I was late for my Bunco party... so I told Harmony I would call her over the week-end. Happy Birthday Harmony. Sounds like you had a nice day!

Love You, Jerry and Karen

Ventral Hernia - November 16th

On Friday, 11-16-07 Jerry and I had an appointment with a physician for a consultation regarding Jerry's ventral hernia. Since this physician does not do surgeries he referred us to a surgeon for further consultation. Our appointment with the surgeon is scheduled for December 14, 2007. Will follow-up with you when I know more about the situation.

Zack Turns Four Years Old

Happy 4th Birthday, Zack!!!

November 24th is Zack's 4th birthday. Yesterday we started celebrated Zack and Joe's birthday (is also in November) together. Joe is Zack's grandpa (Zack's mom, Dawn's, father). Joe and Sharon (Dawn's step mother) are visiting here, for a few days, from Northern California. Mike and Dawn had family and friends over for lunch, presents and birthday cake! Zack had a great time celebrating. Here are some of the pictures from yesterday.

OUCH !!! - Zack and Jerry's accident

Here's what happened...

Little Zack was riding his big wheel, Jerry was riding his bicycle. Zack likes to ride really, really fast and is constantly looking back to see where Jerry's at. Jerry likes to get up on the back of Zack's big wheel and bump him a little... Well this time, Zack made a very sharp U-turn. Jerry tried to stop... but not in time. As a result Zack got hit by Jerry's front tire. Ouch!!! Zack seemed okay, at first and Jerry and Zack were discussing the accident. But, once Zack saw his arm it was all over. He started crying. Mike (Zack's dad), Mary (our neighbor), and myself went over to see what happened. Mike took Zack inside to clean up his wound. Later on, Jerry called the patient to see how he was doing. Zack tried to talk on the phone with Jerry but was weepy. Zack said something about apologizing and we weren't quite sure what he was trying to say. The next day, Jerry went over to Zack's house to see how the patient was. Mike told Jerry that Zack didn't want to wear a long sleeve shirt to pre-school today because he wanted to show his teacher and friends what happened. When the teacher asked Zack what happened, evidently, the story went... "The old man down the street ran over me and he didn't even apologize". Well Jerry apologized and Zack accepted his apology, but Zack grounded Jerry from riding his bike for a day! Jerry and Zack are back to being buddies and are riding their big wheels and bikes together again. Zack just tells Jerry to be more careful and Jerry tells Zack not to make any quick turns! Boys will be boys... won't they.

Oncology Appointment - November 8, 2007

Jerry's prostate cancer is now considered systemic.
Definitions:
Systemic means "affecting the entire body". At this time, it is not hormone refractory and has not metastasis.

Jerry's treatment will remain the same until such time as his PSA reaches a certain point and then Dr. Bob will put him back on Triple Hormone Blockade. Triple Hormone Blockade is given for 13 months. The longer window of time between treatments helps to keep it from becoming hormone refractory. Jerry started his treatment in 1999 with the 1st treatment of Triple Hormone Blockade and chemotherapy, and has not had it since. Of course, he has continued taking injections and drugs that are considered chemo drugs and drugs that fight prostate cancer, but not the actual Triple Hormone Blockade or chemotherapy treatments.

Jerry does have a umbilical; ventral; and hiatal hernia's. He will be scheduling a consultation with a surgeon to see what we need to do (if anything, at this time) to repair.

Happy Halloween

Trick or Treat... We had about 90 cute little trick or treater's come to our door on Halloween. But, of course our favorite trick or treater's were the Blue Power Ranger (Jake) and the cutest little dalmation puppy (Zack) Both Jake and Zack had a great time trick or treating and got lots of yummy candy!