December 11, 2008

Hello Again,

Gabriel's counts have recovered. YAY!! He will begin his other chemo tonight. He is in a relatively good mood. All the kids are in the Christmas mood. Addie wakes up every morning singing "Christmas, Christmas." The boys are learning the foxtrot with Steve and I (so cool).

Gabriel will have his last spinal on New Year's Eve for the remainder of this protocol. Yay!! It's AMAZING, he is almost done. Three years and 3 months of Chemotherapy he has completed so far. His anniversary was this past Monday.

Our Family is very Grateful, we are Truly blessed!

Hope everyone enjoys the videos below.

Angela

December 7, 2008

Hope thanksgiving was awesome!

Gabriel has recovered from his fevers, but his counts now need to recover. Gabriel is neutropenic with an ANC (absolute Neutrophil count) of 130. White Blood cell count of 1.3. He looked great on Wednesday. His doctors still gave him his VIN (chemo) and Dexamethasone (steroid I give him at him).

Thursday, Gabriel started becoming more cranky and he just wanted me to hold him. Steve and I switched off holding him. His appetite has decreased over the past couple days (cereal, peanut butter sandwich, nuggets,and tea), occasional vomiting, and he is a little pale. He does not have fever.

Today he is in better spirits. He's been putting together his puzzles (his favorite thing to do) and playing with his playmobil toys with Justin.

The steriod should at least give Gabriel's ANC a false high. We will see on Wednesday what his counts are and go from there.

Angela