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Please contact Diane or myself if you are still reading this blog. Unfortunately, Logan's Battle continues. We have moved to a different blog for the new chapter.

2 YEARS!!!

Logan's two-year checkup was fantastic! Life has gotten back to "normal" now, and oncologist visits are now spread apart by 4 months. Since we don't expect to have much to report, we will be closing this blog as soon as we find a way to archive/scrapbook it. Thank you, everyone, for your encouragement over the past three years. Diane's other blog is still going strong, so check it out for the newest pictures and stories of our lives.

14 Months!

Logan is now past a big milestone, one year cancer free. Our first semi-monthly visit to the oncologist went without a hitch. For more of the mundane, check out Diane's blog http://twolittlemonkeys-landa.blogspot.com (you will have to cut and paste, sorry).

All is well

We have (obviously) backed off this blog in recent months. For those still following here, Logan continues to do well and is getting great reports from doctors. We are planning on having a wonderful Thanksgiving and are looking forward to the rest of the holiday season. We will be celebrating a significant milestone between Thanksgiving and Christmas, one year post-treatment! Logan is excited that he will have half the number of needle pokes, since oncologist visits are scheduled for every other month after December. Diane and I are thankful for much more than fewer doctor visits. For those that want to "stay in the loop", Diane spends quite a bit of effort keeping a more public blog going strong. This (Logan's Battle) blog has been restricted to close family and friends during Logan's treatment, and everyone who has access to this blog is more than welcome to follow "Two Little Monkeys". We will still post here periodically, but understand that "no news is good news" if we go a month or two between posts. If you are interested in the more mundane (yet quite entertaining) "normal" stuff that happens to a certain suburban family of four, check out http://twolittlemonkeys-landa.blogspot.com

August Numbers

Sorry for the delay in posting this. We've been very busy this summer (as it should be!).

WBC - 8.7
HGB - 13.1
PLT - 349

SEG - 40
LYMPH - 50
MONO - 6
EOSIN - 3
BASO - 1

Manual Differential Count:
SEG-M =43
LYMPH-M = 41
MONO-M = 8
EOSIN-M = 1
BASO-M = 2 (HIGH)**
Atypical Lymph = 5 (HIGH)**

**Those last two numbers freaked me out when I saw the print out. They were the only flags on his CBC but any flag at all makes me worry. After talking to Eric (my Amateur Oncologist) and then Dr. Rosen (Logan's actual Oncologist) I now feel much better. It seems that those two numbers reflect that Logan has been fighting some type of "normal" infection. He did have strep throat earlier that month and was currently fighting a cold so all can be explained. Next checkup will be in September.

6 Month Checkup

Still Cancer Free!

WBC - 7.7
HGB - 12.2
PLT - 298

SEGS - 53%
LYM - 42%
MONO - 5%

Everything looks GREAT!

May CBC

WBC- 8.21
HGB - 12.3
PLT - 341

Segs- 41.2%
Lymph - 49.2%
Mono - 6.66%
ESO - 1.43%
Baso - 1.55%

All the numbers are more for our record keeping and the few heath professionals that frequent our blog and like to see the numbers : ).

Logan is doing well, still no sign of the cancer. He gave us a scare this past month with enlarged lymph nodes the size of soft balls (and I'm not joking!). It turned out that he got strep throat (with out a fever!) that caused his lymph nodes to swell. After a 10 day round of antibiotics they were back to normal size. We have his monthly checkup with Dr Rosen tomorrow but we don't expect any bad news. We have the CBC done ahead of time so the cancer doctor has the results at the time of the checkup and since I have my very own number interpreter (Eric) I don't have to wait for the official verdict before breathing my monthly sigh of relief.

April CBC Results

WBC - 10.0
HGB - 12.8
PLT - 426
Segs - 55%
Lymph - 39%
Mono - 3%
Baso - 2 %
ESO - 1%

Looking good! Even better than last month. Go Logan, Go!!!

Still considered cancer free. 4 months down, 8 to go 'till we pass the very important first year milestone.

March Checkup

Test results from March Check up

WBC - 5.7
HGB - 13.1
PLT - 52
SEG - 52
LYMPH - 33

So what does that mean? He's fine. No cancer. Healthy as a horse. : )

Eric and I are breathing a little easier now since the boy has been sick non-stop for 3 weeks. We were hoping that wasn't a bad sign and it looks like all his illnesses are just bad luck. Probably has something to do with being in a classroom full of other coughing, sneezing 6 year olds 7 hours a day, 5 days a week.

The Lion

Logan asked for his stuffed lion at bed time tonight. I could not remember him having a lion, so I was confused. He proceeded to describe quite accurately how 5 months ago, a big stuffed dog came into his hospital room and gave him a stuffed lion. The story was complete with his dinner that evening (I had stopped by Papa John's for cheese pizza). This particular hospital visit was for a blood transfusion, so it was brief. After Logan's description, I remembered what happened. It became very vivid, because Diane and I tried to play it off at the time. We left the hospital late that night, then we were back in the slammer the next day with neutropenic fever. I checked with the hospital staff when we were re-admitted the next day, and the lion was indeed lost. Impressed by my own memory skills, I proudly told Logan "We lost that lion in the hospital room and we never found it", wait...Did I just say that out loud?
Well, Logan is devastated. He cried in grief for nearly five minutes, then sniffled out a gameplan: We must find a picture of the lion, then put it on posters with our phone number and hang the posters all over town. I can see it now: LOST LION. ANSWERS TO "FLUFFY". REWARD. CALL LOGAN 555-1212.

If this is his worst memory of Wesley Hospital, I think he will be OK.

Logan's next checkup is on Wednesday, so check back later for the new report. Everybody is in very good health, after fighting every type of bug imaginable last week. Spring-like weather is forecast for this weekend, so we are all planning on working on our tans.

A-Okay

Logan's CBC looks good. No worries at the pediatrician. We'll see his cancer doctor on Wednesday for a check up as well.

Monday Doctor

Monday Logan will be visiting his primary doctor and getting his monthly blood count. She'll send that info to his cancer doctor and we'll see him on Wednesday for a check up. We'll let you know how things turn out.

New Blog

Well, since Logan's journey is winding down and his battle website won't be as active, I've discovered that I miss my daily blogging. With that in mind, I decided to start another blog devoted to both my children. This blog I've will be public so you won't need to be invited to follow. I'll keep you all updated our crazy lives and photos.

Check it out at http://twolittlemonkeys-landa.blogspot.com/

Happy days!

Everything is still great! Here is another up-to-the-minute photo.