We packed up and headed to the hospital yesterday thinking we would be there this week for chemo. Last week, Caleb started developing mouth sores as a result of the chemo treatments. It makes it painful for him to eat and drink. They checked his numbers and they were a little low, and since chemo … Read more
We had one day of chemo this week and that day was today. Caleb had his easiest regimen of the series today. It took them five minutes to access his port, take samples, inject chemo drug, and remove access needle. This particular drug that he took today does not cause nausea. He is doing well … Read more
Caleb has been back to his normal self the last week. He has not had any chemo in two weeks and is eating well, including eating a big Thanksgiving meal. His appetite has been nonexistent while taking chemo, so it was good to see him getting some good food down. We start back with the … Read more
Today Caleb has had the best day since the chemo started. It’s been a week since he had a treatment, so his body has recovered from it the last few days. There have been no headaches or fever, and his appetite has returned a lot more today. I’m glad because I want him to enjoy … Read more
Caleb’s ANC counts are at 6500 today. That is the high end for a normal child! That could be attributed to the injections he is taking, but we’ll take those high numbers. That means he is going home today and they are skipping chemo this week. Hopefully, that means Caleb will have a good Thanksgiving … Read more
What an amazing couple of days this has been! The tumor had shrunk some from a cue ball size to about a golf ball size based on what we could feel of the tumor since Caleb started chemo. As I mentioned earlier, the Bay of the Holy Spirit Revival was in Augusta this week at … Read more
I’m going to post a full post tomorrow with details. I’m posting this right now from my phone. I would highly suggest you be at New Hope Worship Center tonight at 7pm if you can. Something happened last night in service and I also just learned someone gave Pastor John Kilpatrick a prophetic word about … Read more
We went to the clinic today. I was thinking we had chemo – that’s what they originally told us. But they did a blood test and Caleb’s numbers were good. A normal ANC level (which measures white blood cell counts, more info on that here) is 2,500 – 6,000 neutrophils per cubic millimeter. They consider … Read more
We got out of the hospital last night and got Caleb settled into his room. He is still a bit nauseous, but seems to be feeling a little better this morning. He was able to keep down a peanut butter and honey sandwich last night and is eating some toast right now. He has eaten … Read more
Joshua told me today that he wanted to shave his head since Caleb was losing his hair now. He has been so amazing during this time. Caleb is very independent, but Joshua needs attention and affection. I have been careful not to neglect him with all the attention Caleb is getting. We went on a … Read more