He took it like a MAN!

Logan wanted Eric to take him to his appointment today so I hear from him that Logan did GREAT with his leg shot (even though it was a BIG needle! : ).

He Keeps Going and Going and Going...

Logan is still handling the chemo treatments well. He has been sleeping through his appointments (as soon as they give him Benadryl he's out) and he's like the Energizer Bunny the rest of the day long.

Tomorrow is the big day for the leg shot and Logan is stressing about it. We'll let you know how he handles it.

Here We Go Again

After a wonderful family weekend (with NO hospital stays!!!! - what a nice change) we are heading back to the doctor's office for another round of chemo. His appointment is for 10:00 t0day and this round will feature the 3 day treatment cycle, 4 days off, then 3 days again. This is a new regimen for us and will also include a new chemo drug that has to be administered as a shot in the leg (that will happen on Wednesday) but NO MORE BACK SHOTS!!!! : ) We'll keep you all updated on how Logan handles this new chemo treatments in the weeks to come.

How We Spent This Beautiful Day

What a WONDERFUL October day we had today at HOME!!!! We played hooky from school (sorry Mrs. Nicholson : ) and rode bikes, played in the backyard, and dug in the rocks. Logan and Amanda found some big rocks and were stacking them up, then I brought out the water hose and we made a fountain! Here are some photos of our wonderful day.

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I took a bunch of photos trying to show you Logan's backpack. He went home on 24 hour iv antibiotics and he has an iv bag and infusion pump that he is hooked to all day and night so this backpack is now his new best friend. He's still getting use to taking it everywhere. I noticed that he puts it down often, only to pick it back up and put it on. Hopefully it won't bother him too much. We're just happy to be home and mobile!

I failed to get any photos of my friend Megan with the kids. She came for a visit on Sunday and was able to take Amanda to the park and hang out with her at home while Eric was at work and I was at the hospital with Logan on Monday. She also stayed to play with us on Tuesday morning and into the afternoon. THANKS SO MUCH MY FRIEND!

Home.

Not a minute too early, Logan is now home.

Double Finger Crosses

Logan is feeling better and we're hoping that the fever doesn't come back. All the blood cultures are coming back negative (so far) but they have to grow out for 48 hours before it's official (which will be 10:00 tonight). If the fever stays gone and there's no growth in the cultures, he can go home tonight (or tomorrow morning if he's sleeping). The official word right now is that he had an unidentifiable virus that was causing his fever. His white blood cells are doing great right now so he is able to fight off his own infections and heal himself. Logan's classmates and teacher are all doing double finger crosses for us! Thanks friends!

So Far, No Growth

So far the cultures are not growing anything however the urine they sampled had a high pH and they suspect bacteria. We won't have any more news until tomorrow. Right now he's on iv antibiotics.

Prelims

For the night owls (or early birds), initial tests and current symptoms are promising. No real signs of flu, and his counts are starting to come up. We will have more information when we talk to the attending physician in the morning, so stay tuned. I am hoping for a garden-variety bug that clears quickly.

Sick Boy

Logan and Eric are heading back to the hospital tonight. His fever is back with a cough. I just hope he didn't catch the flu from our last visit. Hospitals are nasty, germy places : (. The doctors will do all the tests again tonight and it will be a couple of days before we get the results but we'll know sooner if its the flu.

New Blood Counts

White Blood Cells = .7
Hemoglobin = 8.0
Platelets = 46

All is well.

Schedule for the Next 2 Months

We just got back from another doctors appointment for a CBC and we asked a few questions about the up coming chemo. Here is Logan (and our) schedule for the next two months.

Next week - recovery and more blood work on Monday and Thursday

October 26 and 27 - chemo drug Ara-C twice daily &
October 28 a new drug, Asparaginase, injected into the leg.
(only 3 days long - wait 4 days - do cycle again)

November 2 and 3 - chemo drug Ara-C twice daily &
November 4 - Asparaginase injection.

Recovery time (and possible hospitalization) of two weeks.

November 23 and 24 - chemo drug Ara-C twice daily &
** Week of Thanksgiving : ( **
November 25 - Asparaginase injection.

November 30 and December 1 - chemo drug Ara-C twice daily &
December 2 - Asparaginase injection.

Week of December 7th - expect hospitalization.

THEN HE'S DONE!!!!!! : )

He'll have a bone marrow biopsy right before Christmas (or right after if that fits our schedule better) to confirm that all cancer is gone. Some time in Febuary he'll have is Hickman catheter removed (HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LOGAN). Then just CBC blood work every month to monitor and make sure that nasty cancer doesn't come back.

A Sigh of Relief

I'm breathing easier now that we've been home for almost 24 hours without incident. This last round of chemo did a number on our boy, but so far today he's doing well. No crazy temperatures to send us back to the hospital, but he has sores in his throat (where before he had them in his mouth) that are bothering him. He's still eating okay for us... just nothing crunchy and usually in small doses. I guess time will tell if we got out of the germ factory called a hospital without the flu... which someone had RIGHT NEXT DOOR! We were two nervous germ-a-phob parents let me tell you!

We have spent the day converting a corner of the play room into a fabulous study corner for Logan and Amanda and the kids have rediscovered some old toys in the reorganization. I only hope that this winter goes as smoothly as today has gone. Thank you all for your finger crossing, wishing and hoping for us. : )

Near Miss

It was close, but we made it out of Wesley Hospital!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HIP HIP HURRAY!!!!!!

His temperature at 4:00 today was 99.6 but they let us go because it wasn't at their magic number.
FINE BY ME!

We may be back in there tomorrow, but we're home tonight.

Blue Sky on a Cloudy Day.

There is a chance that Logan may be dismissed from the hospital this afternoon!!! His last recorded temperature was yesterday at 4:00 so if he still doesn't have a temperature this afternoon they will let him go home on antibiotics. Yesterday, they changed his antibiotics thinking that the two he was on wasn't cutting it for his urinary tract infection and was the reason for his continued temperature (while we all know that it's just neutropenic fever). No matter the reason if it gets us home, I say! Check back this evening and I'll post if we do indeed make it home. COME ON LOGAN!!!! KEEP THAT TEMP DOWN!!!!! GOOO LOGANNNNNN!