Chemo - Week 46

October 13th Update:

Isaac's counts Wednesday plummeted from last week.  He's unfortunately  now neutropenic so he can't get chemo today.  Also had to give him his "booster" shot last night before bed time cause counts were so low.   Gosh it never gets easier to hold down your child and stick him with a needle.  Err! But we got through it as we always do. 

In times past we've moved Isaac's mattress into our room for a "slumber party" as he tends to wake up more with bone passion when he gets this shot.  Well last night we didn't mention it to Issac but we planned to try keeping him in his room to see how he did.  Well a few minutes after the shot was over he says "Now, let's go get my bed and have a slumber party" :-) little stinker totally remembered the times pasts.  So what did we do.... we had a slumber party.  Haha.

He unfortunately didn't do as well as he's done at night the past couple times. He woke up A Lot! So about 3am he ended up in the middle of our bed and then after that we all got some decent sleep. 

6 more treatments left!

Chemo - Week 45

October 6th Update:

Forgot to post last week's but Isaac received his 44th dose of chemo last Thursday.  :-)

He still has that pesky cough which developed into walking pneumonia this week.  We've been struggling with getting medicine into this little boy as he has gag reflexes like his mother when it comes to medicine.  He will literally gag up the medicine and then proceed to throw up.  lol  We are working on it.  :-)

Chemo - Week 44

September 30th Update:

This week looked a little different for us.  We were in Texas visiting grandma and grandpa and so most of our weekly appointments were skipped.  We got home on Thursday (Isaac's normal chemo day) so we had them move Isaac's 44th chemo to Friday morning instead.  We also got blood counts that morning instead of the day before.

Isaac's counts were once again GREAT, thanks to a little cough he's been fighting.  Of course his cough gets pretty bad while on vacation in Texas but I think the cough is getting much better now, so I'm hoping his counts can stay high too once the cough fully goes away.

8 more treatments to go!!!

 

Chemo - Week 43

September 22nd Update:

Isaac's counts soared this week thanks to a little cold he's been fighting.   this was actually good news because we've been struggling with counts the past few weeks..  then today at his chemo appt they had his meds ready super fast so I totally thought this would be a very quick trip.  Unfortunately Isaac's port started having problems.  It wasn't returning any blood. They had 3 different nurses try to mess with it but no luck.  So they gave him some special medicine to try to break down whatever was causing the blockage.  It ran over 30 minutes; luckily after waiting,  his port started working just great.  So long story short,  it ended up being a little longer of a morning at the hospital but we are down to 9 chemo's left! Single digits!!

Chemo - Week 42

Sept 15th Update:

Isaac had his 42nd treatment today! That means only 10 more left now! Woo whoo! 

His blood counts were just barely high enough yet again. But that's Isaac for you, he seems to always push it to the limits. ;-) 

The appointment went well but was long, they were pretty busy which always takes longer. In addition Isaac had his monthly antibiotic which goes over an hour. 

Isaac brought his little Kion/Lion Guard stuffed animal to help him to be brave today. :-)

Chemo - Week 41

Sept 8th Update:

This BIG 3 year old just celebrated his birthday yesterday. He had good counts which was a great birthday present. Yesterday when we walked into his blood work lab he was greeted with cupcakes and balloons from wonderful, Tanya. Isaac was so excited to get balloons! It's so amazing as a mom to see her child so loved by people who use to be complete strangers. 

Then today Isaac had his 41st chemo treatment which was super fast. It was a pleasant surprise. Isaac brought in his favorite birthday bagels from Panera for all the nurses and doctors. :-)

Here's a photo from Isaacs birthday. Enjoy!

Chemo - Week 40

Sept 1 Update:

We made it to week 40 on Thursday! Only 12 more to go!  Isaac's counts on Wednesday were a little disappointing as they went from being the highest they've ever been last week to barely meeting threshold for chemo this week. But never the less we still made it. Isaac was pretty resistant to the procedures this week unfortunately. He normally does so well but ever once and a while he just isn't having it. ;-)

As a side note we walk into the back where all the check up rooms are and Isaac sees his awesome nurse, Morgan, and the first thing he says is "Hi Morgan, I'm gonna be a big brother!" :-) just right when and where he said it was perfect because we were right outside the nurses station so the rest of the staff heard too. Everyone was excited! 

Here's a pic we took last week. Isaacs little superhero sibling to arrive in March!