We had a nice trip to PG, but Eric didn't sleep well when we were there. He did fairly well, but was quite tired and a bit irritable. He seemed to be having headaches a little, but not too badly. I would give him pain meds for a headache in the morning and then he was fine the rest of the day. We came home Tuesday afternoon and it was Lily's first birthday on Wednesday! She is still crazy, but she's less crazy at her house than at our house where we also have Millie.
Home on Tuesday and into clinic on Wednesday. It was a fairly quick visit: port accessed, blood work, platelet transfusion and home. Both Eric's Oncologist and Nurse Practitioner were away this week. We saw one of the clinic doctors that we know, but didn't have any questions or concerns. Sleep was better after one night at home and I thought we needed more time to see if that sorts itself out once home and headaches are milder to non-existent. Eric's blast count is down from 9.4 when we started the treatment a couple weeks ago to 0.6 now so that is a relief and should help him to feel better overall. Unfortunately, his germ fighting white blood cells have also completely tanked, as is expected with traditional treatment, but a change over the new one he was on before this. However, Eric is so, so happy that he is allowed to eat what he wants, when he wants. While taking the previous med on an empty stomach was possible; it was an additional complication that we really didn't need to deal with.
We don't have any plans the rest of Spring Break, thank heaven! Eric has a birthday party to go to and hopefully he'll make it to swimming lessons on Sunday. He hasn't been in weeks!
Next week we are back in clinic on Monday and then Thursday, because of the long weekend.
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