Yes, last week caught me off guard and I never posted. We had our ENT appt on Monday and had labs drawn then too, since we were already at the clinic.

The ENT, Dr. White, was really great. Eli's vocal cords are swollen, but he feels this is probably due to acid reflux caused by the chemo....yet another fun side effect!! He put Eli on prevacid for a while and will recheck in a couple of months or so. He thinks with the prevacid on board the problem will probably correct, but he will have to stay on it until he is finished with treatment. This was something we were hoping to avoid (one more med going into Eli on a regular basis) but now that we have seen that he is having difficulty we have no choice. The good thing is Dr. White said that the prevacid is not usually tough on little guys and there are no real side effects from it. Good.

Eli's ANC on Monday was 1138...yea. Back in the real world. WE are still keeping masks on him, but we are going out. All of his numbers were up. His platelets were 180, and his Hemoglobin was over 10.

On Thursday we go in for our LP and start Cycle 3..Which means we have officially been in Maint. for 6 months. It is amazing how fast time flies when you are having fun.....LOL!! NO really, I can't believe we have been in maintenance for that long. After cycle 12 we will only have to have an LP once every 3 months instead of the first and second months. That will be another welcome change to our regimen. After that....its 2010 here we come!! (Then we will have a HUGE party, I am already planning it in my head when I am at the clinic!!)

Thanks for checking in. I will post on Thursday and let you know how everything went.

Maria

I am thankful for the beautiful weather we had this weekend that allowed us to get outside and play!!!!