Nick left for school yesterday feeling great. I ended up receiving a phone call from daycare that he had thrown up and had an upset stomach. I picked him and he felt warm, but not really hot. We waited until about 9pm last night and then decided to take him to the ER. We are not on schedule these days. All of our thermometers were broken and the one I ran out to buy last night did not work great. We really could not tell if he was spiking or just hot from the blankets. After 5 hours in the ER, 3 attempts to access his port, we were sent home. They gave him an antibiotic during our stay, but his counts were good enough to let us go. We kept him home from school today once we found out this morning that Nick threw up again in the middle of the night. He said, he was glad he made it to the bathroom on his own, so he did not have to wake us. He had been napping on/off all day today. I am thinking he just caught the stomach bug, which is probably going around between school and daycare.
Colby is really excited for Christmas and was hoping to get a tree last night. We told him maybe tonight, if everyone feels up to it. It is so hard to get into the spirit when we keep having set backs and definitely some lack of sleep. Tom is teething and waking up a lot at night now. We will just make some adjustments and hope for a better weekend. Karen
PS. I might have lost some of my perspective and the point of our blog. It has been a long week with some unexpected turns. While the intentions is to share with everyone Nick's progress and how we are all doing, this blog is also meant for Nick and hopefully he will be able to read it and truly understand how much he went through during his treatment. I am also hoping for him to see how people are encouraging him along the journey. (not me). He is one who deserves all the credit.
Nick is an amazing 6 year old fighting T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL). He was diagnosed at 4 years old on Oct. 15, 2008 and here is the story of his courageous battle. This day changed our lives forever. Nick seemed very healthy at the time and the only signs we noticed were swollen lymph nodes on his neck. At first, we thought it could be a virus, but after 2 rounds of blood tests, the doctors confirmed our worst fear, cancer. This site is to show how strong our little boy is.
Update:
Nicholas finished treatment on 11/18/2010. He will continue to go for blood work for the next 3 years. He is still in remission.
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