This morning was a quick trip to the clinic, then off to the aquarium for us. Eli was really excited to be going to the aquarium, so everything else went off without a hitch. His toe is beginning to look bad again and we haven't had this problem since we started LTM in September. Then I thought, well, he also has been wearing sneakers since about September. I wonder if it is his shoes? I will soak the toe, keep looking at it, and encourage him to wear the sneakers for a while.

His counts were: ANC 3420 (Normal but still higher than we want.)
Platelets 230
Hemoglobin 13.0

The counts look good....Bobby also said the enzyme levels I was worried about came down to more acceptable levels. Glad to hear that. Whenever we increase a med like we did a few weeks ago I always worry about the possible side effects we could experience. The methotrexate effects the liver and that is what the enzyme levels are all about. Again, just a side effect that we will deal with as long as he is relatively healthy at the end of all of this.

It was good to see all of our buds at clinic. Ryan Post looked awesome and seemed to have tons of energy. I love it when we have days like today in clinic.

Eli is turning into a merman!! He has decided to do "swim team" like his brothers, so we are going to the pool just about every day and he is putting his head in the water and swimming along with them. He always has his swimmies on, but I don't think Jacob put his face in the water until he was 5 or so!!! What a big kid!!

Please pray for the family of Elijah Carlson, another little guy that lost his battle this week. I really hate cancer and all that it does to our families and watching these kids die too young....there are no words to express to those families that have lost a child...

Thanks for checking in.

Maria

I am thankful for such an uplifting day at the clinic. It was great to see everyone there looking so happy and healthy!!