Day +4

(Written by Lisa): Well, breakfast and lunch are not going so well for Jon these days. Since having his TBI (total body irradiation) on Friday, he has thrown up one or the other almost every day. The docs think it is just a severe reaction to the TBI, but they expect it should only last another day or so.....I know Jon hopes that. He's tired of throwing up, and when he does, they give him nausea meds which make him dopey, so he sleeps quite a bit.

I think Jon had mentioned in another posting that Jillian has had a stomach bug since Friday night. We thought she was out of the woods because she didn't throw up on Sunday night, but then at 3:30 am this morning, she was at it again. My Mom and I got her cleaned up and back to bed, but of course sleep escaped me for another couple of hours. Every time she throws up, she has to wait 48 hours before she can see Jon. She misses him terribly and is very upset that she can't come. She seems to feel fine during the day and hasn't run a temperature, but at some point in the night she throws up. Kind of weird and very frustrating. As strange as it is that both Jon and Jillian are throwing up, the docs are confident that they are not connected.

The nurses are keeping Jon busy with laps around the unit. 40 trips around is a mile, and they like to see him do 20 a day. So far he's done pretty well. He does get out of breath very quickly, so he takes it 5 laps at a time. Hopefully over the next couple of days Jon will feel like updating his blog, but if not, I'll continue to keep you all informed of the goings on here at Hitchcock Hotel.