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April 23rd 2008

April 23, 2008 on 6:42 pm | In Uncategorized | No Comments

Today’s appointment was a breeze compared to OMO days. He just went in weighed, had his height measured, “poked” his finger, saw the nurse practioner and then we were out of there. It is such a beautiful day we had lunch at the park and they got to play before coming home. They played hard and when we got home they were ready for their naps. It’s not often they say they are tired and ready for a nap.

His counts are still good, his ANC is 2200. He starts the next phase of chemo next week as long as his ANC is above 750.His next phase of chemo is called Interim Maintenance. It will be 50 days long and it looks like there will only be one OMO day unless blood or platelets are needed.

Here is a rundown of his schedule: Day 1 will be April 29th or 30th

Vincristine (chemo given through his port) Day 1
Dexamethasone (steroid by mouth) Days 1-5 and 29-33
Mercaptopurine (chemo pill by mouth) Days 1-50 (he is currently on this one)
Methotrexate (chemo pill by mouth) Days 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, 36, 43, 50
Methotrexate (chemo by spinal tap) Day 29 ( This will be our OMO day)
And he will continue on his Bactrim Mon, Tues, Wed (twice daily)

Blake’s appointment went well last week and his blood counts were right where they needed to be. Such a sigh of relief even though that’s where we expected them to be. He was behind on his immunizations so he had one shot and he is good until he is 4.

Blake weighed 32 lbs 1oz and was 37.5 inches tall.
Bryce weighed today at 14.2 KG (31.3 lbs) and was 34 3/4 inches tall.
Nope it’s not a typo… Blake is nearly 3 inches taller!

Going to put some pics up of them at the park today on Bryce’s myspace page. It’s www.myspace.com/brycebelt