One thing I've noticed about dealing with cancer is that you get asked to drop everything for an immediate admit. Fortunately for us, we were able to postpone this admit by a few days in order to take care of some things at home first. It definitely helped relieve the chaos and stress, but I know that we won't be so lucky when it comes time for transplant.
As most of you have probably heard, Jake is in a great spot in his fight. His last bone marrow biopsy revealed 0.1% leukemic cells, which means we progress to the next phase, which is more of a maintenance phase than anything. He was admitted to the hospital this morning and is receiving fluids for hydration as well as bi-carb to help ensure his pH is where they want it to achieve optimum results and allow his organs to function as well as possible. Tomorrow he will begin high-dose methotrexate over 24 hours, and will be discharged as soon as that clears his system to a manageable level.
As far as what the rest of this phase has in store for us, I'm not sure yet. We will be meeting with the doctor to discuss all of that tomorrow afternoon. I think we're both excited and anxious to get this going and done with so that we can go through the transplant hell as soon and as quickly as possible.
As a side note, we finally got family pictures done. We haven't had any since we were married, even after the baby was born almost 2 years ago. I'm so glad we were able to do this, and for Jake's friend who helped by taking amazing pictures! It was one of my fears that we wouldn't get it done before Jake lost hair or looked too unhealthy, but by some miracle he still looks great! I'm glad we were able to capture this time in our lives. (Special thanks to kSwiss for making it happen)
I anticipate this phase being relatively slow, but I'll keep updating as I have news and if things change.
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