Back To Clinic

Hi All,
Nick and I headed to clinic today. He first went to school and was very excited to get back on the bus. Clinic went very well. The nurse (Angie) was surprised to see his red spot from where the ER first tried to access his port. It was pretty high and not where the spot usually is. We still battle with the concept that the ER does not exactly know how to access the port, but since Nick is getting better at it we try our best. In other words, mom did not ask them to call the 5th floor for a nurse to come and do it the right way.
At clinic, we thought his counts would not 'make it' for chemo today, but to our surprise (not Nick's) he made it. Today was Methotraxate only. We will start another round next week. His counts re-bounded great.
WBC:4.5
RBC: 10.4
Plts: 478 (on the high side)
APC: 2,600 (we thought this number would a lot lower)

He still has a cough, but it is loose and so far they are not worried about it. He ended up taking a 3 hour nap today, so tonight will probably be a late night. It is definitely hard to get him back into a good sleeping pattern after leaving the hospital. You can never get a good night sleep there. The nurses check on you all the time, which is good, but does wake us up. We should have a good week this week, and maybe mom and dad can go away. We have had this weekend planned for awhile and will give more details as we approach the weekend.

PS. I would like to say thank you to Debbie and Mike for having Colby & Nick over on Sunday. Nick was going a little stir crazy being cooped up in the house all day and I decided to give Deb a call, planning on having Michael over. She ended up taking both boys, giving Greg & I some time to catch up on house work. This weekend was also originally planned for Tom and I to go to Maine to visit my dear friend Frannie in Portland. She has a little boy, Dawson, who is the same age as Tom and we were planning a shopping adventure and so good winter ale. I ended up canceling with Nick being the hospital. While I was really looking forward to spending some quality time with Tom, I realized we could do that at home to. Greg & I took advantage of giving Tom some 1 on 1 time while the boys were gone. He has such a great personality and loves to laugh a lot, which we all need at times. I'll catch up with you soon Frannie. Take Care. Karen