Thank you God!!!!! WE ARE HOME...NO PROBLEMS!!!!

I cannot begin to say how relieved I am...Eli got his lumbar puncture with methotrexate yesterday around 11am, and has had no problems since. In fact, we were running up and down the halls this morning with me chasing him!! The nurses got a really big kick out of it, but I didn't (since I hadn't gotten dressed yet, and was in my pj bottoms and a tshirt haha)

Our MRI is on Halloween to be sure no more lesions have appeared or that the current ones have not changed...but based on this experience I have complete faith that all will be fine.

OH...labs were:

ANC 2800
Hemoglobin 10.7
Platelets 377

All really good numbers, although I have a feeling when we hit our 6week mark we will be increasing the dose of chemo. They want his ANC to be between 500-1500. Eli also got Vincristine yesterday and we started the dreaded 5 day pulse of steroids. But I have a huge smile on myself and my heart is content....

Thank you for all of your thoughts and prayers. As I have said, throughout this entire experience Eli and our entire family has been so lifted up by your prayers..it is amazing the strength that we get from that.....Thanks.

Thanks for checking in. Have a fantastic weekend!! (JOhn will be camping with the older boys this weekend)

Maria

I am sooooo thankful that the Eli handled the intrathecal methotrexate with no problems!!!!!!