Wednesday Counts

Day 194 of our war on leukemia!

Just a quick note to say all is going well between phases. Carson had a quick clinic visit on Wednesday to check his blood counts. All his numbers were up, which means we'll be starting the next phase of chemo on Friday.

Bye-Bye Hair

This next phase is called Delayed Intensification and is 63 days long. As its name implies, it is a heavy round that calls for various chemo treatments. Carson has just started to realize his hair is gone - asking, "What happened to my hair?" The little peach fuzz hairs that have started to grow back over the last month will most likely fall out during this round.

This phase kicks off with a spinal lumbar puncture - where they flush his spinal area with chemo. As you can imagine, it's not a fun procedure. He'll also be getting two other chemo "pushes" through his port, one of which he hasn't had before.

Keep up the prayers!

Please keep Carson in your prayers as we enter this next phase. We pray that he responds well to the chemo and doesn't have any adverse reactions (other than the hair). We also pray that he continues to feel and act like the four year old boy that he is.

Paul.