Hi, remember me?!?!

Well, the last time that I posted on here was back in May...yeah, almost 3 months ago!!! I'm so sorry to leave everyone hanging!! I for sure have a ton to catch you all up on...

Many of you know that Josh has something called ulcerative colitis, and that hospital trips are nothing out of the ordinary for us. Well back in May, Josh was sent to the Emergency Room for symptoms of ulcerative colitis. After several test, Josh was admitted to the hospital.

What we did not know, this would be the longest hospital stay yet.

After several more tests, the doctors came to the conclusion that Josh now has Crohn's Disease. What this means is that all through Josh's stomach and colon, there are 100's of ulcers. When he gets sick, the cause is from the ulcers becoming inflamed and irritated. So anything that goes into his mouth, upsets the ulcers...even a sip of water!!

Those of you that know Josh, know that is already pretty skinny. He is about 6'3" and usually weighs in at about 180, when he got sick this time...he dropped down to 140 pounds in about a week!! YIKES :(

It took awhile to balance out his current meds and add in new ones. So, this hospital trip turned into an entire months stay...It was awful!!

He was finally released and with in three hours, he was rushed back to the hospital by ambulance. Not because of the Crohns...but because of a drug OVERDOSE!!! Can you believe that?! They gave him too much of an anti-muscle spasm medicine too soon and sent him out the front door. It almost killed him! The ER said that if his adrenaline hadn't have kicked in, he would have died. Talk about scary!!

He is finally home and feeling really good! The new medicines seem to be working for him and he is slowly getting to come off of some medicines that had some pretty bad side effects. So, slowly but surely, he is getting well.

So...that is where I have been :)
I will update you all more tomorrow...I still have a lot to share :)