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So on Tuesday it was the first day of his Consolidation Therapy and he got Vincristine (chemo through his port), Methotrexate (chemo by spinal tap), and a prescription for Mercaptopurine (chemo pills). He is to continue on his Bactrim and they took him off his blood pressure medicine. It looks like this phase will last 28 days and then he will move onto Interim Maintenance which is 50 days.

He has done very well with Tuesdays treatment and has not been sick at all and hasn’t slowed him down a bit. He is a tough one and he is not letting this get him down at all. He was amazing at his appointment and such a big boy. We left home at 7:30 that morning and didn’t get home until 4:30 that afternoon and he wasn’t even able to eat or drink until around 2:00 pm that day and never complained.

Bryce’s next appointment is next Tuesday where he will have another LP.

On the downside we were asked if we had been getting Blake tested for Leukemia and we told her no. We had asked several doctors and all of them said no unless he was showing any signs or symptons. We were told that since he was a fraternal twin they were not concerned. But Dr. Ayanaar told us on Tuesday that she recommended him having a CBC every 3 months because he was a twin. So we have scheduled him an appointment and he will have bloodwork done on April 17th.