Filling in the details ~

Happy New Year!

I just wanted to add a few details to the update from yesterday. Jordy’s appointment with Dr. Malempati was somewhat disappointing because his counts were not high enough, but he had some positive comments. He did say that Jordy has done a good job of keeping up his eating. Jordy has always struggled with keeping his weight up. For those of you who did not know Jordy as a small child, he had a number of food allergies that severely limited the food that he could eat. For the most part, the allergies have resolved themselves, but he is still thin. It was good to have Dr. Malempati acknowledge the effort that Jordy has put into eating. He also said that he feels like as long as Jordy keeps up the good work, his weight will not be a problem for the remaining time of his treatment.

Dr. Malempati also gave us a bit of information that I had not thought of. Jordy will require more calories from because of using his prothesis. It just takes more effort to move and deal with the extra weight. This makes sense, but I had not thought of that. I don’t think eating will be a problem. Jordy has already started talking about the foods that he wants to eat once his taste buds are functioning correctly. Abby’s pizza is at the top of the list along with things like lasagna and tacos.

Next week we will find out when Jordy’s next appointment at Shriner’s will be. At that appointment he will try the test socket for his prosthesis. The socket is the part that his foot will fit into. Wednesday we will go to Doernbecher’s to have blood work done and hopefully check in for chemo. His counts should be ok so we are optimistic.

I hope the rain slows down soon.

Annie