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rip bruiser 2007-2023
We said goodbye to Bruiser, our nearly-sixteen-year old Australian Cattle Dog this last Thursday. He was our first dog, and king of the side-eye. We got him when he was 7 weeks old, the week we moved into a house where we could have pets. Like most heelers, he was very smart, super active, and…
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may 29
Lots to share since my last update (much of it bad news), so I’ll start with the nicer stuff. Jordan took the new chemo on May 9th, and chased it with his first visit to the Challenge Center (the accelerated PT program we’ve been waiting to get into) the next day. He tolerated the new…
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a summary of current events
My husband, Jordan, has brain cancer. He’s had it for a while—at least a decade—but this time it’s not fucking around. We found the original cancer on August 23, 2013. It was a Friday, five days before our ninth anniversary—the day Jordan bought a brand new motorcycle and went out for a ride. He seemed…
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may 2
Good progress and bad news this time around. Jordan had his MRI on Sunday night, and we met with the neuro-oncologist today. We check in with the radiation oncologist on Thursday afternoon, but I’m not anticipating that she’ll have any new information for us after the appointment today. He has been doing pretty well over…
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april 5
Apologies for the length between updates! We dove right back into the routine here after the hospital, and I am just this moment realizing that I didn’t post any kind of update after we got home. I guess that explains the length of this one. Post-Hospitalization Jordan’s recovering VERY well from the embolism and associated…
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march 18
He’s being discharged today! They discontinued the eye medication, but it will take two weeks for it to be out of his system. He is coming home with a liquid anticoagulant for the two weeks that he will inject himself (or I will if he needs help) with every 12 hours. After two weeks, he’ll…
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march 17
Unfortunately, discharge won’t be today, but we’re still moving forward and things are looking positive. He’s been moved to a different, non-ICU room which is also super nice (and much quieter). He has a lovely view of the parking lot, a geometric planting of olives trees, and a better vantage point for rush hour traffic…
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march 16
Jordan remains on the mend, and we are continuing to look to tomorrow (March 17) for discharge. I just spoke with the pulmonary team and he’s healing as they hoped. He’s tolerating the medication well, his lungs and heart sound good, and he’s returning to normal energy levels. PT will be here later today to…
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march 15
Quick update! He’s recovering very well, and he’s transitioning from ICU care to regular hospital patient care this afternoon. He will still physically remain in the ICU until a bed is available (which may not happen, as a county we are low on hospital beds), but his official status is changing for the better. They…
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march 14
tl;dr: Jordan was hospitalized with a pulmonary embolism (blood clots in his lungs) last night after a lengthy wait in the ER. Last week Jordan did his first round of maintenance chemo Sunday through Thursday nights – a double dose of the medication that left him feeling exhausted and generally crummy. He’s also been feeling…