We went to the clinic today for a counts check. It turns out Carson's blood has rebounded very well since last week. His ANC was 920 and his platelets have risen to over 100. What's this mean? Time to start chemo again! (Ugh.)
He had vincristine through his port at the clinic. Then we were instructed to begin another round of steroids for the next 5 days. Also, we will be back on the 6MP and oral methotrexate. This time though, we'll be taking those drugs at half the dosage. We go back to the clinic in two weeks and check the blood again.
The doctor said, "Do you have any questions?" Carson said, "Can I go to Target?" Not exactly what I was thinking.
We did, and of course, we came home with another car or two.
Back to Playtime
We spent the afternoon out in the court. Carson and Nils have finally gotten strong enough to steer (I use this term loosely) the PowerWheels Hummer. They enjoy driving it around, taking periodic breaks to "fix" it and/or have a light sabre battle. This combines their current favorite things: cars and Star Wars quite nicely.
Once indoors, Carson resorts to a session of Rock Band. Of course he wants to play the drums. Who would want to play the guitar when you don't get to hit anything?!Our new prayer is that the dosages work out.
-Jennifer
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So glad to hear the counts are back on track. And that your little man got his trip to Target and outside playtime with his buddy! It's the little things, right?! We'll pray now for the dosages to be on target... hope y'all have a good weekend. Love, The Links
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