It's a lovely foot....as far as feet go ~

1/19
Jordy had his Methatrexate level checked this morning. It has to be less than .10 in order to discontinue the Leucovorin that he takes every six hours. Guess what? Jordy’s level was .11. This means that he will have to continue the medication and have his blood tested in Portland in the morning. We are also going to have his hemoglobin tested. Jordy was pretty tired today and his levels were pretty low last weekend. The doctor wants to have his counts up so that he can enjoy the Blazer game. He will probably have a blood transfusion tomorrow afternoon.

Jordy also had his first fitting for his prosthesis. Some of the pictures are attached. The first one shows the prosthetist fitting the sockets onto his leg. On a whole they fit pretty well, although a lot of the swelling has gone down so they may add some padding to the temporary. They may also have to add a door to the back of the top part because Jordy’s heel is too big to fit through. It was really interesting, but next week will be even more exciting. They will add the post and his foot to the socket. We did see his new foot today. She took it out of the UPS box to show it to us. It is a lovely foot . . . as far as feet go.

This week is full. Tomorrow, back to Portland for blood work and possibly a transfusion; Wednesday, the big game; Thursday, more chemo, and home on Saturday night. This will be Jordon’s last Doxorubicin (Sp?). Yeah!!!! He will have a week or two off, then two more weeks of Methatrexate. Wow, it is amazing that the chemo is almost over.