Archive for November, 2006

Here’s how your say wow for a tremendous Thanksgiving week!On Monday Nov. 20 I feed Jim most of his meal and he could not even lift his heals off the bed when laying flat. Then in the early evening he was transported back to Peoria.Tuesday Nov. 21 Jim could feed ...
God has blessed Jenny and Jim.Jenny is pregnant.They have known since mid September. Only their dog Barkley has known.God is great!JohnWhat a precious day.
Thanksgiving Day update.Jim has been moved to Rehab on the second floor. He has one of the three rooms in rehab that is a private room and new. He is there a little early but I think they did that because the room is private.Today he had on a normal ...
Jim progress continues to be slightly better each day or nor worse from the day before. He is now back in Peoria with a plan from his Nero team at Barnes Hospital and Washington University in St. Louis.At this point they want to stick with the plan of using steroid ...
Jim and I are waiting impatiently for the ambulance to take Jim back to Peoria yet tonight!Yes he is going back!Jim has improved slightly in almost everything! The sleep he took yesterday I think really helped!I plan to go to Champaign tonight and then to Peoria early in the morning.Praise ...
Good morning from St. LouisThe people here in St. Louis are wonderful. The nurses, doctors and staff are doing a great job.Yesterday brings little change in Jim. Dr. Malone came in about 10 am. All of the checking of Jim he did is either the same or slightly better.When Jenny, ...
Another Good day!Dr. Alan  Pestronk and his Fellow Dr. Justin Malone visited Jim this morning. Dr. Malone tested several things with the hands, elbows, knee’s, legs, feet and ankles. All of which he thought was better. Jim had a chest x ray yesterday because his white blood count was high ...

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For those of you who ask about CIDP the below information is the best and simple way to describe it that I have found on the internet. It is very complex. I hope this helps make it simpler for everyoneCausesCIDP is caused by a person’s immune system. The immune system ...
http://wuphysicians.wustl.edu/physician2.asp?PhysNum=643&deptID=4&divisionID=0Click on this and you will be able to see what has Jim Excited, his eye’s lit up the whole time he was talking about him.http://www.neuro.wustl.edu/neuromuscular/antibody/pnimdem.htmlClick on this and you will be on the doctors web site.God has lead Jim down here.Good news! The recovery has started. Jim can lift ...
Jim took a vacation today to sunny fun filled St. Louis and Barnes Hospital room 11485. Double bed with a TV viewing screen and room service. gJim let about 2 15 pm and arrived about 5 30, he was able to be tilted up on the ride. The guys with ...