Fever

Logan had a high fever last night so we'll be here at least through Monday. He's feeling okay... just a little tired. The bacteria cultures haven't grown out anything to date. His blood counts are low, but no transfusions needed yet.

No News Yet

We are still waiting on the bacteria cultures to grow out. They look at it after 12 hours, 24 hours and 48 hours. His fever is still up and down, but nothing too high. We're just chillin' in the room with some Mario Party games to keep us company! So far no transfusions are necessary.

Back At Wesley

Logan was admitted to Wesley Hospital tonight for fever. It came on suddenly this evening. Eric is staying the night with him. They've drawn blood for bacteria cultures and are doing another CBC to determine if he will need a blood transfusion tonight. He is also being started on antibiotics. I'll post more tomorrow as information becomes available.

Results Tomorrow

Logan gave another blood sample today but we won't have the results until tomorrow morning. We'll let you all know when the numbers are in.


Here are some photos of the fun we've been having this week.

Amanda's Photographic Expertise!

Water Playdate... SO MUCH FUN!

Logan was coaching Amanda on how to get across the water.

Waiting for the ducks to get out of the way.

WHEEEEEEEE!

Nothing Has Come Up!

Logan is still hanging in there. He gets tired more easily but no fever to date. We have an appointment tomorrow at 11:45 for a blood test. We'll post the results when we get them.

Blood Counts

Yesterday's blood counts are in. White blood cells - 2.2, Hemoglobin 7.8, Platelets 210, Neutrophils 0.66. Right now he is only slightly neutropenic... no blood transfusion needed unless the Hemoglobin falls to 6.0 or below and no platelet transfusion until it falls below 10. He still looks great and his energy is still coming in waves. Unless something comes up tomorrow, we won't go back for another blood count until Thursday.

Monday's Results

Our appointment got pushed back today because of a backup at the doctors office so we won't have today's lab results until tomorrow morning. So far so good. We'll post if anything changes.

Relaxing Weekend

The whole family has enjoyed a relaxing weekend. Logan wanted to go camping but it's 100 degrees here in Kansas so we talked him into camping in the basement instead. We made a "camp fire" with some crate paper and a fan and pretended to roast smores.Eric set up the tent while I blacked out the windows so we could use our flashlights. They slept down there on Friday night, Saturday night and maybe tonight too. You can't tell in the photo, but we also put a flashlight under the fan so with the lights out the fire "glows". : ) With the crate paper waving in the breeze it actually sounds like a crackling fire!

Logan is still doing well. Tonight is his last dose of medicine and we go to the doctor tomorrow morning for a CBC blood test. We won't get the results until after lunch and if he needs a transfusion we'll need to go to Wesley hospital (as an out patient hopefully). The transfusion will take about 4 hours so if I don't post the results by dinner time, you'll know that we're busy at the hospital.

Final Friday

Today was Logan's final office visit for chemo. Eric will be administering the rest through Sunday and we'll be back there on Monday for a CBC (blood work). Yesterday's spinal sample came back clear. His blood counts are still going great... but we expect them to crash sometime next week. Logan's very happy that there will be NO MORE RED STUFF!!!!!

He's feeling bone pain again this round so we're keeping him on a steady dose of Tylenol and it seems to be helping. His energy also comes in waves, but other than that he's doing great.

All Went Well

Logan's spinal tap went well today. Same as last time, they took a sample of spinal fluid before injecting the chemo drug. Logan also gave a blood sample today and we'll post the results of his CBC and spinal fluid test tomorrow after we get home. Logan continues to do well this week... eating like a horse and great energy levels. Tomorrow will be his last office visit for Daunorubiein (nasty red stuff) and Etoposide. Eric will administer the Cytarabine on Saturday and Sunday. We'll be going in to Dr. Rosen's office periodically next week for blood tests and Logan will probably need blood transfusions again but we're hoping to keep him out of the hospital this time... we'll see how it goes I guess.

Whoops

Dr Rosen dropped the ball today and Logan gets a 24 hour reprieve on the spinal tap. Logan is really broken up about it too... NOT! So today's visit went well : ). Logan slept through most of it. He's still doing well at home too so no other news to report. (Which is good news in itself!)

School Visit

Today's doctor visit went well again. Tomorrow will be a long day for us... Logan's appointment doesn't start until 11:30, he gets all 3 drugs and the spinal tap too so we probably won't be finished until 3:30 or 4:00.

Logan continues to feel well today. No vomiting yesterday and he is eating well. This afternoon we met with his principal to discuss his situation and what to do when he misses a lot of school. We also were able to meet his teacher and tour his classroom. He's VERY excited! Since he continues to feel well, we are going back to school shopping this evening.

Hanging In There

Logan is doing well tonight after his first dose of round two chemo induction. So far no vomiting... just abdominal pain. He's lazing on the couch watching some toons. Eric will continue to play nursemaid and administer his second dose around 10:00 tonight. We'll be at the doctors office again tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. and he may get his spinal tap then... I forgot to ask while I was there when they were doing that this week.

It All Starts Again Monday

Logan will be starting round two of chemo on Monday. Since he knows what to expect now he's a little worried about it. This round will be 3 days shorter... only Monday through Sunday... but still the same drugs as last time. After talking to Dr. Rosen about Logan's condition after the first round and he said each time is different so he may not have neutropenic fever this time (like last). We just can't predict how sick he will be. Let's all keep our fingers crossed and hope for the best because Logan is scheduled to start Kindergarten on the 17th and he will be SO disappointed to miss the first week of school. He's been counting down for a month already!

Logan was very sad that Amanda was able to spend so much time in KC with her cousins wile he was in the hospital so we've had them here in Wichita with us all week and we've had a WONDERFUL time. We've gone to the Exploration Place, many parks, Chuck E Cheese and so much more this week. We going to continue Operation Fun Times this weekend by heading to KC and taking Logan and Amanda to Worlds of Fun! They've never been there so I very excited to see their reactions. We'll post again on Monday after Logan's doctors appointment to let you all know how things went.

Here are some photos of our fun week with Logan and Amanda's cousins... The Three D's!!!!

Logan, Delaney, Donovan, Dillon, Amanda

The boys worked for a LONG time building a sand towers and knocking them down.




He's so handsome!


Logan told me yesterday that he's getting use to his bald head now!