Here is a pic of Eli "blanketed" in prayer. We have been given 4 amazing prayer blankets and they are all beautiful....we use them frequently. I got one also from the ladies at our church and it is wonderful when I am trying to have my "alone time". Thanks to everyone that helped make these, they are really wonderful.

What amazing weather we are having this weekend!! It really is refreshing to the soul to have such beautiful days...Our week has been a good one. We went on a few walks with Eli's friend Abrielle and Cher but mostly stayed close to home.

Friday's clinic visit was all that I prayed for. (Again, go God!!) Our big decision really turned into a non event...all of the drs agreed that since we are going to begin to give Eli methotrexate through the IV in high dose, it wouldn't be wise to also begin to give it to him IT(through the spine) This way if he does react we will know whether it is the methotrexate all together, or just the methotrexate IT. This is a VERY important drug for him and we don't want to be in a situation where we can't give it to him unless it is absolutley necessary.

Eli's counts are on the rebound...his platelets were at 148,000 up from 42,000 on Monday. His ANC only came up to 79, but all the indicators are there that they are on the way up. We just really don't know how much this sinus infection is going to alter the ANC. Because of this, we will be going to clinic on Wednesday and we will be admitted then if his ANC is 750 or greater.

If his counts are up, we will be in the hospital for 3-4 days or so. They have to monitor his blood to be sure the methotrexate has left his system.

The new antibiotic is working much better. Eli isn't throwing up, which is great. He is VERY moody...but that could be that he is a 2-year-old. Or it could be that he is going through all of this very yucky stuff that any adult would be complaining about night and day!!