March 14, 2012

Today was SD's last appointment in Interim Maintenance I. He received his monthly transfusion of Pentamadine, his two chemo meds, and an EKG (all chemo patients undergo an EKG periodically just to monitor whether the treatment might be affecting the heart). He has a 2 1/2 week break before beginning Delayed Intesification on March 29.

SD's nose started running the day after his last clinic visit. It continued building up for a couple days, causing quite a cough, and he developed a low-grade fever on Thursday. Since a low-grade fever could send him to the hospital for a couple days, we were a bit concerned; his temperature did not quite reach that point, however, for which we are very thankful! Since he never lost his energy during his cold (or whatever it was), he would not have been happy being confined to a hospital room for a couple days. He is still hanging on to that cough and has a slight wheeze which goes away in different positions, but is mostly recovered. It was the first sickness he's had since the virus that initially sent him to the hospital and ended up with a leukemia diagnosis. We are glad that he's been well for this long and that it was not serious. We expect his counts to go down during the upcoming Delayed Intensification phase, however, so we'll need to keep him at home for much of that period.

Currently, SD is looking forward to the arrival of his Grandma Snell and Uncle Josh in a couple days. We hope that all signs of his little illness are gone by the time they come!