Some pictures of good times with kids and grandkids

Elizabeth recently had a chance to visit Rebecca who is currently living in South Korea:

June 2010 - Birthday party:

All the grandkids! Wil, Sophia, Georgia, Anthony, Lily, Gordon

Anthony & Gordy

Jer, Joel & Jon

Anthony & Lizzie

Wil & Erin

Wil with Grammy

April 2010 Birthday Party:

Georgia, Sophia, Lily, Anthony

Lily, Anthony, Georgia, Gordon & Sophia

Wil

Lily, Sophia & Georgia

Christmas 2010

Jon, Dawn, Sophia & Anthony

Joel, Shannon, Georgia & Gordon

Jeremy, Erin, Lily & Wil

Sophia & Wil

Joe

Jeremy & Fay

Elizabeth

Lily

Gordon

Fay & Sophia

Anthony & Dawn

Thanksgiving 2009

The whole family except for Rebecca who is in South Korea

Elizabeth

Erin & Dawn

Gordon, Anthony, Lily, Georgia, Wil & Sophia

Wil

Gordy

Shannon and Fay

Jeremy, Wil, Anthony & Gordon

Anthony & Jon

Summer 2009 - family picnic

Lily & Anthony

Georgia & Sophia

Elizabeth & Shannon

Erin (and Wil!) & Jeremy

Jon & Joe

Sophia, Georgia, Lily, Gordon, Joel & Anthony

9/29/10 Update

There is nothing really new to share - Joe had another appointment with the liver specialist on Monday and it went well. He continues to say that the transplant will be "soon". Joe is not able to do much right now as he is very weak, so besides doctor appointments he is lying low at home. Thanks to all of you that have called and visited - that really keeps his spirits up!

9/23/10 Update

Fay had a chance to talk to Dr. Navarro and ask him about a timeframe for the liver transplant now that Joe is on the list. The only information she had gotten from others on his team was "soon". She asked him what "soon" means - of course he said he cannot be sure, but he said it could be from 1 day to several weeks and at the very most 3 months. This came as a shock to all of us as we had been anticipating more like 6-12 months! We are so excited about this news!!!

Joe is finally being discharged from this visit - 9 days in! He is on his way home right now and it will be the first time in the new home!

9:00 pm Update- Joe is HOME!!!!

GREAT NEWS

We found out today that Joe is now officially on the liver transplant list! Being on the list means that Joe's case will be reviewed every week by the team and evaluated for transplant. There may be false alarms meaning that you can get called to come for transplant and then find out the liver they thought they had, was not usable or some other complication. But being on the list is a huge step in the right direction. Thanks so much for all of your prayers! Now we need to pray that he remains healthy enough to undergo the liver transplant surgery, yet sick enough to be the one who is given the next available liver.

9/20/10 Update

The hospital stay continues as more tests need to be run. There is a tentative plan to discharge him sometime tomorrow. It sounds like it may be late in the day. He sounds good and is holding up well with all the delays in discharge.

The latest

Joe continues his stay at Jefferson - he is feeling well and is in good spirits. The reason for the extended stay is because he needs to get an MRI done and it keeps getting delayed. Also, his potassium level has been up for the past 2-3 days and they are treating him for that. High potassium is not good because it effects heart rhythms, though his heart rate and EKG remain stable. They are somewhat baffled as to why it is elevated.

We were hoping he was going to come home today, but it might not be until tomorrow. He will come home to the new place - he went into the hospital the day we moved them.

All of the calls and visits have been appreciated very much!!!

Birthday Pic

So glad we were able to get to the hospital last night to see Pop-pop on his birthday! He was looking so much better than a couple of days ago.

Birthday

Today is Joe's birthday!!! If you'd like to call him, his cell phone number is 610-960-8226.

9/15/10 Update

We've created this private blog in order to keep friends and family updated on Joe as he deals with liver disease.

He is currently at Jefferson Memorial Hospital (Philadelphia) again. He went in for a scheduled visit yesterday, but was admitted because he passed out due to low blood pressure.

We also moved Joe & Fay out of their home temporarily. We felt that a ground-level apartment would be safer for him at this point. Their new address is 2117 Summer Lane, Pottstown, PA 19465. Their phone number remains the same (610-323-7798).