Peter will be done with the round 7 infusion at about 1 AM (in 12 hours). He had some nausea and vomiting yesterday, but last night he was active and feeling good. And this morning he woke up feeling well again. He even ate a little breakfast. He’s handling this treatment exceptionally well so far.
His blood counts will be in steady decline now and everyone expects that the next week is going to be rough. Yet he’s always seemed to beat the expectations and we’ll hope for the best. They are starting to add nutrients through his IV proactively, as his appetite is almost certain to disappear for a while.
The news from the doctors has been very reassuring since yesterday. First of all, the “mass” that was mentioned by the BMT doctor was identified by the surgeon as an accessory spleen. Apparently 10% of us have extra tidbits within us and Peter runs heavy on spleen! It looks like a generic mass on the scans, but the surgeon was quite certain he knew what that was and that it wasn’t any recurrent growth; The little nub of a spleen may have fanned out a bit since the tumor was removed. Another doctor today expressed how well Peter is doing overall and specifically with this difficult round of chemo.
I’ll offer this photo as proof of the points above. He’s out of bed and looking good. And there are a few more photos here.
Peter-
You are absolutley incredible! What a GREAT GREAT post to read as we wrap up the week and head to the weekend! Thanks for making me smile this time! This time the ‘cry in my eyes’ is happy tears! 🙂
Keep up your hard fight buddy…. we are all praying with intensity and have faith that God will answer. Oh- and congrats on the extra spleen! It must be what makes you a superhero!!???
Love you forever~
Jenni and family
P.S. Papa & Monga have apparently been trying to send you posts, too… but Monga says for some unknown reason, hers aren’t showing up?? She says hello and says to tell you that she is proud of you!
P.S.S If you have access to a computer in your room – you should have Mommy take you to sjmcmn.org and go to Online Nursery – you can have a peek at Emily, Lily & Parker’s new cousin, Ivy Madison!
Amazing how well everything turns out!!!!!!!