Happy New Year!
Eric had an appointment at clinic today for a check up. He's recovering well, lungs sound clear. He did need another platelet transfusion today, but hemoglobin is holding up okay. With all the sickness I neglected to mention that he finished the round of oral chemo on Sunday. This round didn't hit him as hard as the last, physically, but it's still nice to be done and have one less med to give/take each day. The doctor said it's difficult to judge what his marrow is doing based on his counts over the last week because of the viruses. Either way, the plan was to have a bone marrow biopsy next week to check what is happening in the marrow. Eric is sedated for the biopsy which means he has to fast; generally they take the kids on the procedure list from youngest to oldest, but if you are on contact precautions because of a virus, you go last. Eric is still on precautions through Tuesday so either he has to be last on Monday or Tuesday, or he can go in age order on Wednesday, but we'd also have to go in on Monday for platelets. None of them were great options, but the procedure list on Monday only had 3 other kiddos on it (for now) so we chose that option. Short version of that long story: bone marrow biopsy scheduled for Monday.
In the meantime, we are going to try and enjoy the rest of the holiday, while continuing to recover. Eric is having a camp out in the living room tonight. He's pushed the couches together and then also put his mattress on top of them (with Daddy's help.)
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