Author Archives: hornit

I think we have seen a side effect of this round of chemo. Extreme boredom. 🙂 Eli is feeling just as good as he has been for the weeks that we were at home, with no problems at all. The … Continue reading →

He’s baaack! Eli is seeing some familiar faces here in Iowa City as he settles back into the life of an inpatient on the 3rd floor of the University of Iowa Hospital. I wondered how he would react to being … Continue reading →

This will be a quick one, just to let you know what is going on since most of you knew we were heading back to Iowa City this week. Tuesday we left home at 6:15am for our appointment. Eli was … Continue reading →

As you have probably gathered, my updates are fewer and longer in between when we are at home. I guess I would say that the cliché “no news is good news” applies. Things are going well at home. Entertaining a … Continue reading →

Thank you for all the prayers about New York. I ended up contacting Oncologists from Chicago, Kansas City, St. Jude’s, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, New York, and of course we had more conversations with our good doctors in Iowa City. … Continue reading →

Ok, ok, ok, I hear you! I realize it’s been a week and everyone wants to know how things are going at home. My apologies for the lack of updates, I have had a hard time finding the time! No … Continue reading →

I tried to post a nice update last night, but the site crashed. I was too mad to retype it all up. I have a low tolerance for computer and website glitches. 🙂 I did want to let everyone know … Continue reading →

Let me confirm what the latest pictures have been hinting at. The last several days have been pretty darn good ones. The nausea has been completely gone, the bowels are working like they should, and the laughter has been abundant. … Continue reading →

Well, the major quest ended yesterday and it appears that Eli’s digestive system is operating rather normally. He has a better appetite and the only time we have a threat of throwing up is when he has to take oral … Continue reading →

They limit my posts to 4,000 characters, which is never enough, so sometimes I have to split my posts. Thank you for all of the prayers. We love hearing about them and where they are being lifted up at. I … Continue reading →