On Friday Jacob had what should be his last surgery for awhile. The results of his bone marrow biopsy showed no leukemia cells and that puts us officially into remission. His blood work backed that up, his ANC is up to 2460 which means his immune system is up and functioning and he is creating wonderful, healthy blood.
We now start the second phase of chemotherapy which is called consolidation. Consolidation will last for a month and consist of daily oral chemotherapy and weekly spinal taps to give chemo intrathecally. The process for the spinal tap is Jacob will sit on our lap, facing us - with a pillow in between us - we hug and the Dr does the spinal tap. Which means that Brian and I will get a picture perfect view of the ongoings. Yikes! We will have the first go round this Friday so please pray for us and the Dr that all goes well. They have instructed us to give a Valium before the appointment - I should have asked if that applied to the parent as well.
Saturday afternoon we went to the pool and it was wonderful. The water was warm, the sun shining and Jake and I were finally brave enough to go all the way into the pool, (we had been stair sitters the previous week due to cold water!) We even got Daddy to the pool - of course we brought him home a lil redder then we started off. I love summer. We plan on swimming as many days as possible and are looking for friends to join us. Call Me!
On Sunday - Brian's wish was to ... do nothing. Let me tell you, we can do nothing with the best of them and had a great day. Having a lock on the best Dad in the world for my boys makes it an easy day to celebrate even if the agenda is ... nothing.
Our day of nothing must have been exhausting for Jake because he stayed in bed till 11 o'clock this morning. There are just days that his body need lots of rest and today was one of them. I have not exactly figured out the rhythm or the pattern yet - it seems to vary. He did end his day, happily, snacking on a bowl of popcorn and giggling that he had the whole bowl to himself.
5 comments:
Cant wait for Thursday, looking forward to seeing all of you guys.
Mike
Jake,
You look pretty content resting on your couch with that popcorn bowl just within reach!! I'm glad to see your great smile and to know you are doing so well. Have fun with Mike and Tiff this week! See you in a couple of months!
Love,
Grandma Dee
Well, swimming huh.....we will have to plan a day to come over so Ethan can swim with you guys......I will set that up with mom.
Glad to hear the good news. i missed you this last week. We had fun our vacation. It was really windy at the Oregon coast. We found some tide pools and found some really fun stuff. We will have to share our pictures with you.
Talk to you soon,
Love
Pastor Kathy
I'm so glad to hear the fabulous news. A Sunday of nothing sounds pretty good to me. I know you are thankful for the wonderful doctors who have monitored Jacob's care and who have been guided by the ultimate doctor. Great News!!! Hope to see you soon:)
the Boe's
Checking in to see about any updates and realized that today was Friday, so nothing new til after you all get back. Let us know how today went for all parties involved. Anxiously waiting more good news.
love you all
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