A Sigh of Relief

Day 313 since diagnosis.

Jennifer and I were somewhat apprehensive leaving the safety of the hospital yesterday. Carson's ANC was critically low and his hemoglobin was teetering on the brink of transfusion. With his hemoglobin trending down every day, we were certain Carson would be needing a transfusion at the clinic today. In fact, the doctors went ahead and ordered the pre-transfusion blood draw at the hospital.

What a difference a day makes.

Today's blood work showed dramatic increases across the board. His platelets, which had been hovering around 12 - 15, jumped to 22. His hemoglobin went from 8.1 to 9 - the first upward tic in days. His ANC went crazy - soaring from 79 to 320!

We had to bend down to pick our jaws up of the floor.

Getting back to normal

The plan now is to take it easy for a week and let the numbers continue to improve. We have an appointment scheduled for late next week. If Carson's ANC is back above 750 we'll start back on chemo - at HALF the dose as before and with more frequent clinic visits for monitoring.

Before leaving the clinic they removed Carson's tube...the right way, vice the way he ripped it out on Sunday night. He then spent the morning playing, ordering people around, and snacking on cookies. What a blessing!

Preparing for the Relay

We are putting together the final preparations for the big Relay for Life event this weekend. Jennifer probably hasn't mentioned it...but she is the Keynote Speaker! She is putting the final touches on her speech and I need to go get the tent out. The tent is circa 25 years old and hasn't seen the light of day since the year we were married (1992). So this should be interesting.

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Thanks for all the continued prayers for Carson. They are working!!!

Paul.