Doctor was very impressed with Joshua's progress, sufficiently so that (subject to further bloods, chest xray, abdominal ultrasound and heart echogram) Josh will probably start his next round of chemo on Sunday.
Three of four of his blood results have started to increase - with only the neutrophils continuing to drop - I didn't think it could go much lower than 0.27, but apparently, it can! I don't think it can go much lower than 0.06 though...
But the other numbers are sufficiently OK that the doctor is happy to go ahead. So the plan is:
* tests tomorrow and Thursday (or just Thursday, if we get really lucky)
* in at 7.15 on Friday for 'Day -2' - which will be a pretty long day
* hopefully we should then be back home for Saturday before
* going in as inpatients on Sunday for the main chemo (hopefully not quite so early in the day!)
Keep up the praying, and thanks for your support 👦
praying and thinking of you all xxx keep peckers up!
ReplyDeletePraying continually for your family from ours. The boys send big hugs & hello's. Caleb said last night school holidays without Caleb S will just be boring! So my challenge is to be as much fun as you Caleb ��
ReplyDeleteThanks for the great updates. It's great to hear about Joshua's progress and his beating the odds. Many people in Cairns praying for you all.
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