Back to the hospital today for some chemo. This is the last dose of the Vincristine for this round of treatment. I was really worried he was going to freak out about having his port accessed to give him the medicine, but he did AWESOME!! I am so proud of him!! He didn’t cry or anything. The doctor came back and said that the nurses were all in the hall fighting over who was going to get to have him next week because he was so cute and did such a good job.
The doctors went over his blood work and his counts are up (about double) from last week. That means that he is starting to have some more good cells in there doing their job. Next Wednesday is the big day… he gets the Bone Marrow Aspiration and the Lumbar Puncture. So, they are taking marrow to test it, and giving him chemo through the spinal fluid. Next Wednesday will end the first portion of the treatment “Induction”. The next phase is the Consolidation phase. The doctors went over it a little bit, but didn’t give us any paperwork on it yet. I think they still want to see the results from next week. Next Wednesday will be the last of the steroids for this month. In the Consolidation phase he will be taking another chemo drug by mouth everyday instead of having to take the steroid he is on now. Next month he will also have 3 Lumbar Punctures… so that means once a week for 3 weeks I have to watch them put my little baby to sleep while they pump chemo medicine into his spinal fluid. He is such a fighter when they are trying to put him out. I hope he continues to fight that hard throughout the rest of his journey.
On a lighter note… today was my younger sons first birthday!!! Owen was so excited to tell all the doctors and nurses about the fun cake we made for him yesterday, and the presents!!! We had a fun time celebrating tonight. Here is the cake we made:
And the smaller one just for Logan:
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