Homecoming

As you may have guessed (or otherwise been told), Jake is HOME!! It's at least a full week sooner than expected. His blood count numbers and liver function tests look so good, he doesn't have to be monitored so closely! He still has to have nightly IV medication plus a bucketful of meds every day, and then we have to get one more chemo treatment next week. After that, a bone marrow biopsy will tell us if he is in remission or not, and how far that remission goes (less than 5% leukemic cells is considered remission). All I know is that right now, I'm just sooo happy to have him back home!!!

As much as I hate to admit it, this part was the easy part. The part that will be really hard is the bone marrow transplant. Then, he will have to endure full body irradiation, another high dose chemo round, and then the transplant. During this time, his blood counts WILL be completely wiped out. The scariest part of this round is the extremely high risk for infection. He will, therefore, have to be in the hospital for 5-6 weeks. This will all take place in about 2 or 3 months, so we anticipate another lengthy hospital stay around the beginning of the year.

Thank you so much for the continued prayers! We continue to feel them and know that they have helped us through this tough time!