Saturday, November 14, 2009

Good evening.

Sorry I haven't updated sooner. It has been pretty busy.

David is feeling better. I gave him ginger ale, saltines, and 7up
yesterday. I also gave him some chewable anti-nausea medicine~~~he
promptly threw that up! He just nibbled on the saltines (he HATES
saltines), and sipped the ginger ale and 7up. He kept it all down, yay! He
also kept his Prevacid down, yay! He said today he feels better, but his
stomach hurts. The muscles hurt from all the retching, and his tummy is
still sore a bit on the inside. I am sure the inside is pretty raw from
all the vomiting and the dry heaves he was having. But at least now he is
feeling better. I know it was just a stomach virus that had to run it's
course; and I am so thankful that it is gone!! Thank you so much for your
prayers. David actually said he was hungry at dinner time, and ate fairly
well! I am thinking the lack of appetite was partly due to the fact that
he was getting sick; we just didn't know it! All the suggestions I was
given (via guestbook, facebook, and email) were greatly appreciated; thank
you. David will not be going to church tomorrow; I really don't think it
is a good idea. He really isn't 100% yet, so he will stay home. Especially
because it is soooo cold (I am NOT complaining, mind you), and he has an
oncology appointment on Monday. Whew. So that is the haps.

Thank you so much for all the prayers for David. Now the prayers are that
nobody else gets sick! I sprayed my whole house with Lysol, so hopefully
that stupid bug is dead!! Thanks for checking in on David and the Koury
Klan. God bless you all. We love you.

Kristi and the Koury Klan

Treatments often involve lengthy hospital stays &/or outpatient treatments
which can extend over a period of months to multiple years. Children may
often need to be isolated from other people/activities (even certain
foods, at times) due to their heightened risk of infection. Families
experience multiple severe stressors from the financial, emotional,
physical, psychological, social & spiritual strains from it all. Parents
may lose or have to give up jobs; insurance issues may add to the stress;
siblings experience their own multitude of issues from it all.