After Bo’s spinal tap in the morning, we had a quiet day in our room. We met 2 other Oncologists who are part of the team here at our hospital. They are absolutely wonderful. They all rotate through, and although we still belong to his primary doctor, we will see all of the others regularly […]
April 11, 2019
Bo’s ANC (Absolute Neutrophil Count)—a type of white blood cell that fights against infection—is 370 today, which classified him at severe risk of infection (yesterday’s count was 1750). This is, however, the intended effect of the chemo and it will continue to decline all the way to zero and likely remain there through next Monday […]
April 10, 2019
Bo slept so well last night. Which means we did too! Praise God! He’s been such a happy boy today which is such an encouragement to see him happy and acting like a baby again. The Child Life Specialist came by and brought some toys and he lit up! We received the results from Bo’s […]
April 9, 2019
A huge praise- Monday afternoon, Bo was moved out of ICU and down a floor into the general children’s floor. He has responded well to all his medications and chemo treatments—better than his oncologist even expected—and this move was a day earlier than originally anticipated. Bo went under anesthesia again on Sunday for a brain […]