Big news:
Doctor O'Dwyer, his main doctor, just called us to tell us that on the 29th day of the induction phase there was no longer any leukemic cells in his bone marrow. His blood count is perfect, very close to normal.
We knew Florian was strong and ready to fight this, and he beat the first challenge with no problem. He beat the bad cells and his bone marrow is now building his white blood cells again.
Now comes the next phase, consolidation. The first part lasts 59 days.
He will have chemo by infusion every Thursday, we are hoping that the rest of the chemo(4 days a week) will be done by injection or by meds. This means that we will have to go to Rochester once a week, We will know more next week.
Yesterday was the first time we returned to Strong since we left last Friday.
The big difference is that he is considered an outpatient now. We have seen the center of infusion for the chemo, like the others, new and pleasant building. He was all excited to go "It's like the movie 50/50" (very good movie, be careful you will cry and laugh at the same time). Like he says he will be able to talk to the old dudes during his infusion. Over all, once again he sees the positive aspects of things.
For now though the secondary affects of chemo are starting to get more and more pronounced: digestion problems, pain everywhere, extreme fatigue,...Everyday there is something new.
I play nurse with my little plate of meds, cremes, foods, etc....It wasn't really my vocation but a mom is ready for anything. As Florian's doctor (who is really amazing) says a mom is like a moma bear who will do anything to protect her cub.
During the day he sleeps a lot but at night he is always with his friends who come over at the house.
This week, he had chemo and a spinal tab, but he won't have one until next Thursday so we are hoping he will be fine by then.
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