Thursday, August 28, 2008

Busy week!

We spent three days this week at the hospitals. Monday Ricky had a Brain SPECT test, Tuesday was six hours of chemotherapy and a check up, and Thursday was a CAT Scan-Arterial, and an EEG. He did well taking the tests, but we have no results yet, and likely won’t until after his MRI next Wednesday.

We did get some good news, his platelet count was up to 99K, and his white blood cell count was up to 3.08, both big improvements over the blood test last week, so we can continue to use both drugs. Perhaps we've dodged another bullet.

He’s had a few very minor seizures and some nausea but he remains very positive, very happy, very active and still very much “Ricky”.

Please keep the prayers and good thoughts coming!

Monday, August 18, 2008

Summer


Enjoying summer to the fullest! Rick continues to have a great summer. He has had lots of trips, company, activities and family times. His quality of life is really great considering all he has (and is) going through. Dana Farber last week included a doctor meeting. We’re going to do more tests over the next two weeks to see if we can better understand what may be causing the mini-strokes or seizures. His platelets were up to 75K, which means we may have finally dose reduced the Inrinatecan enough so his body can rebuild his blood counts. He’s been tired and taking more naps than he used to, but he’s still very active and most of the time he feels as he says “great!”. Just a couple more weeks before he starts 4th grade!