Team Stell

Sept 25th
Things have changed for the worse. Conner slept most of the day Wednesday and was still extremely tired. So we decided to take him to clinic on Thurs figuring he would need a blood transfusion. His Hemoglobin was 5.3 which is super low and explains the tiredness and his platelet count [...]

Sept 20
Conner’s big lump on his neck continued to not get better, so we decided to have surgery done on it. This was a fairly risky surgery considering his condition. He was in clinic and got platelets the morning of surgery to help with the bleeding. They had did an ultrasound of [...]

Sept 12
Its mommy’s b-day!!!!!!! We went out to eat mexican food and then went bowling. Conner is quite the bowler, I forgot to mention in previous posts that we have been bowling a few times. It was to funny because Conner’s hospice nurse happened to be at the bowling alley and we [...]

Sept 9
Quick update……I received quite a few emails reguarding the status of the med. I appreciate everyone’s kindness that offered to help with this expense. About 2 hrs after I posted the update I hadn’t heard anything so I called hospice. Trying to find out what was going on..you know this is [...]

Sept. 8
Well over the last couple weeks things have started to change a little for the worse. Conner had got a lump in his left jaw line under his ear. They figured it was either an infected lymphnode or leukemia filling the lymphnode or both. Well it would swell and then come [...]

Aug 17
We went to the clinic a couple weeks ago about a bunch of bumps on Conners face. They thought it could be leukemia tumors..?? These bumps come and go but are clear now. They took his blood counts and his hemoglobin had dropped it was at 7.0. The other counts [...]

July 21
Ok long time again……..The 9th we went to a tractor pull in Kinston. Our buddy Johnny plls with the one and only superbug. Its a volkswagon beetle converted into a pullin truck. 2000 somehorse power with the engine in back. Johnny was great and got Conner and Taylor into the [...]

July 7
 
As I say always I am horrible at keeping up with these updates.  It seems as if has been a day or 2 and when I look its usually a week or 2.  Conner is still hanging in there.  He has stayed at the same morphine level for quite some time.  He still walks, [...]

June 24
Quick update….Been very busy but Conner is still doing about the same. He has some bumps on his face and an infected toe. We went up to PA again and went to Dutch Wonderland (kids amusement park) Which was fun but Conner was sort of not interested in the rides. [...]

June 2
Day 28 and doing much better than 2 or so weeks ago. Basically around the last update he started doing better and has continued to stay about the same or improve a little. He has been doing some walking and of course had to try to run and face planted. Happened [...]