Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Well this hurts...

Connor had his blood drawn last Thursday at the local clinic. He was such a champ, he had to have a regular draw (instead of using his port). I offered him some numbing creme but he chose to go cold turkey. He held out his arm and did his thing. The only thing he requested was "NO BAND AID".

There was a little boy getting his blood drawn, and it was audibly apparent he was not having a pleasant experience. The lab technician apologized to Connor, and Connor told her "It's ok, this hurts you know, that's why kids cry". I'm glad Connor cleared that up for her.

Unfortunately his ANC went down from Monday, he was at 220. Unfortunately Connor needs to stay home from School for counts below 500. Our friends made us breakfast on Saturday which was really nice (and delicious). Connor was pretty tired and took a long nap.

On Monday his counts crept back up to 340, but he's still be pretty sluggish (this morning he didn't wake up until 11:30). He has a new found food fascination: Egg Flower Soup (I definitely liked the chocolate cake craving much better, but each their own).

Chemo Pal Nick was on Vacation this week (we missed him during our appointment).

We made our weekly trip to the library this week. This weeks fascination: Tigers

He read a book to me at the library. I love that he is AWARE that he can read. "Hey Mom I can read this book", "Hey mom did you read that sign you can save 50%!!", "Hey mom we need those they are buy 1 get 1 Free!!", "My personal favorite: Mom we need the perfect brownie pan, you can bake the perfect treats every time !!".

He's been working hard on his home exercises, even though he's been pretty tired. We hope he's on the upswing.

Connor's on a break from Chemo drugs for 4 weeks. His next Cycle will start on:
2/15/10 Starting with an Overnight Stay.
He will then have a Dose of Vincristine on 2/22 and another on 3/1.
The following 4 weeks will just be blood draws, no drugs.
Please pray for good counts so that he can stay on schedule.

For our local friends: It's still a while off but we are planning a garage sale in March. As you are spring cleaning please think of us, we'll be happy to accept your used items for our sale.

Something that surprises me: Sparky is sleeping in his castle bed (what kind of dog could turn that down?)