I was meaning to post on Thursday, but our appointment at the clinic was so painless and quick, I think I just wanted it to seem like a "normal" week!! Anyway, here are the labs from Thursday:

Hemoglobin 12.1 (Normal)
Platelets 293 (Normal)
ANC 2366 (Good)


The ANC is still higher that they want it to be, so we increased his 6-MP that he takes every night. They want the ANC to stay between 1500-500. So we will see what the increase takes us to over the next month or so.

WE go in this Thursday for Vincristine and then take his 5 day steroid pulse, but we have a month off on the LP. This is nice since he had to be sedated twice last month because of the MRI. The sedation isn't the big deal, it is that he cannot eat or drink.

The garage sale went really well. We raised $556 for Team in Training!! I was really glad....and my house seems less junky now which is always a bonus.

Eli continues to do so well!! His mood has been great and he seems to feel good. He has a cough that I am a little worried about, but I will have them check it out on Thursday when we see the doctor. Because he is doing so well we only have to see the doctor every two weeks, the other two we will just go in to have labs drawn....YEa!!

We are going to go the the Clemson game with the older boys this weekend and Eli will stay with my mom. It should be good. If Clemson beats BC we will go to the ACC Championship....a very big deal!!

Jacob's class is doing a fundraiser with SunTrust Bank. They are going to create artwork and sell it at an "Open House" at the bank one night in January. The class was "adopted" by SunTrust for the year.....the lady who is in charge of the class for SunTrust had a granddaughter (15mos) that lost her battle with Leukemia last year. Isn't it amazing that the CLASS decided to give the money to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society before they even knew this?! I sure think so....

Hope everyone has a great week. I will post on Thursday when we come home from the clinic.

Thanks for checking in.

Maria

I am thankful for everyone who helped and donated for the garage sale and all of the children that sold hot chocolate and muffins!!