Day 2

We got through day two of the chemo. Max has already gotten much better about taking his oral meds. All it took was a little patience and a couple of M-n-Ms. He got up in what Josh described as the best mood ever, which surprised everyone. It was nice. He got a sponge bath today, which he thought was a ton of fun. He got to play with stickers and watch movies. Uncle Paul visited. He had a fun day.

This was day two of five days of the ATG and he is having some problems with it. He is breaking out in hives from it. We noticed them this morning during his sponge bath. They gave him benadryl and then went away, but returned halfway through his second dose this afternoon. They stopped and gave him more benadryl and then finished the dose. He broke out again by the end of the dose, but at least they were able to get it all in him. Only three more to go. Hopefully they will be able to continue as planned. They are going to be watching him very closely, though.

His platelets were 21 today. They will probably have to transfuse again in a couple of days. His hematocrit, however, remained unchanged. His ANC was the lowest that it has been. Hopefully that will be higher tomorrow. It really doesn't change anything, but it just makes me nervous. Hopefully the steriods will bump it up soon.

A friend dropped off a large bowl of chicken soup today so I came home to soup and it was a wonderful surprise.