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 IV once per week and that will be Fridays for right now. The reason for this game plan is there would be less problems than with the other options at this time. Right now it appears the steroid treatment is helping or they would not have sent him back to Peoria.

Jim is back at the same hospital with the same doctors. He will get an IV treatment Friday. Soon he will start physical therapy. The same will happen as back in March. Jim will not be able to go home until he can walk the stairs.

The Multifocal CIPD is right now what they feel he has. It will take time before they may confirm and maybe even years. I watched Dr. Malone tell the residents (3) in front of Jim there is no know cure, no for sure treatment that is a lock, along with the next time this happens the treatment that works now may not then. Mostly because he feels there were too many different options tried to know which one works.

All the praise goes to God for giving the Doctors the knowledge, the nurses for knowing how to take care of Jim and Giving Jenny and Jim patients as the continues the fight and recovery.

A big thanks goes to all of those who have prayed for them. Another big thanks for all the time taken to write and send the cards to Jenny and Jim. They are helping Huge. I can see it very well after spending the last 4-5  days with them.

So much to be thankful for everyday!!!!

John

My Story - Episode #2