Well, more prayers answered!! Eli's counts were 1320 so we got to stay. The day at the clinic went as well as could be, with the one glitch being the long wait before he got his LP. We got there at 8:30 and they finally took him back at 12:30. Both of us were starving and quite thirsty...when he woke up he ate an entire big bag of cheetos in one sitting!! But there were no complications and we got a room up here quickly. Clinic was packed with people. It seems there were lots of new people, too.

We will get our chemo beginning at 11pm. They have to hydrate him for 6 hours prior to the methotrexate, so they will give him the vincristine right before that and then begin the methotrexate. It infuses over 24 hours, so we will have a while to see what affect is has on him. Then we stay another 48+ hours to make sure it leaves his system. If it doesn't leave fast enough they will give him a "rescue" drug to help.

The nurses up here are so amazing....Eli came running in and visited with everyone...then we went to the makeshift playroom at the end of the hall (they are renovating the atrium) for a while. John brough the boys up and they played for a while then went home. Like before, things here are very familiar which is so much easier on both of us. It isn't as though we enjoy it, but there is none of the nervousness that was here in January. Please keep praying that Eli handles the methotrexate with ease and we are able to go home soon!!! Thanks.