Friday, December 26th 2008
Blake went in for a pre-operation check up to make sure he was in good enough condition to have tubes put in his ears. He was a little raspy and the glands all around his face and on the back of his head were swollen. He also had a couple bruises on his legs. We weren’t too alarmed when our NP decided to prescribe antibiotics and breathing treatments to get him better by Monday in order to be ready for surgery on Tuesday. We started medications immediately after his appointment and set a follow up pre-op appointment for 1:15pm on Monday.
Saturday, December 27th 2008
Blake woke up in the morning and we saw a few more bruises on his legs, we were a little worried since Blake really doesn’t bruise easily, but we thought we would just ask our nurse what she thought at our appointment on Monday. His breathing was much better and the medicine she had him on was helping the swelling of his glands go down. By Saturday evening Blake’s legs looked almost like solid bruises and he had little red dots called petachie. We were very concerned about this, so we decided to take him to the Urgent Care Clinic.
The Doctor at the urgent care clinic dismissed our worries about the bruises on his legs as he was more concerned with Blake’s breathing. He did some x-rays and said to continue the treatments that our Nurse prescribed. In order to appease us about the bruises he also sent a suggestion to our nurse to run some blood tests on Blake.
Sunday, December 28th 2008
Blake seemed to be improving. He slept a little more than usual and the bruises seemed to get worse. He also had a few scratch marks around his neck, which indicated that his glands were still bothering him.
Monday, December 29th 2008
I woke up to a phone call from my mom, who works at our Doctor’s office. She informed me that our nurse suggested we take Blake to Children’s Hospital for blood work first thing. We got up and got ready. Travis had to go to work, so I took Blake to Children’s by myself. Blake had his finger pricked and didn’t even fuss or cry. He was very good about it. They let us leave right away, so we headed home.
We had almost arrived home and I was on the phone with Travis when the Doctor’s office called us. Blake’s blood came back with abnormally low levels and they needed us to go back to Children’s to draw the blood from his arm. I was pretty shaken up about it, so I decided to pick my dad up in order to have some moral support.
They ran Blake’s blood through again and a nurse came out of the lab to take us to see a doctor upstairs. She led us from the elevators and I couldn’t help but notice that we were in the Oncology/Hematology section of the hospital. It started to feel like I was having a bad dream. We went into an examination room and a doctor met us almost immediately.
He informed us that Blake had leukemia. He said that there were two different types of leukemia and based on what he had seen he thought Blake had the one that was more easily treatable. At this point it still seemed completely unreal to me. Travis called me to see what the results of the blood test were and I told him. He told me he would leave work and come to the hospital right away.
They admitted Blake to the hospital right away and shortly after Travis arrived they took us to our room. They needed to get a few more blood samples to run more tests and they needed to put an IV in to keep Blake hydrated, so we went to the “torture chamber” where they poked and prodded Blake for over an hour and a half trying to get an IV in and trying to get enough blood to run a test on. Poor little Blake actually fell asleep at one point while they were poking him. He was so exhausted from fighting the needles.
Once the results came back our Doctor came in to tell us the results. By this point Jodi and my mom were with us. The Doctor explained that Blake has Type-B ALL Leukemia. He was very healthy other than the Leukemia and that he was very optimistic about Blake being cured. Thank goodness they actually have a cure for Leukemia now.
They explained to us that Blake is in the most treatable age range with this disease, children over one and under 11 have the best success rate. Blake will have to undergo 3 plus years of Chemotherapy, but hopefully once that is over he will be completely cancer free and he doesn’t run a risk of having it again.
If anyone needs any more information or has any questions about what is going on please feel free to contact me.
God Bless,
Desiree
Blake went in for a pre-operation check up to make sure he was in good enough condition to have tubes put in his ears. He was a little raspy and the glands all around his face and on the back of his head were swollen. He also had a couple bruises on his legs. We weren’t too alarmed when our NP decided to prescribe antibiotics and breathing treatments to get him better by Monday in order to be ready for surgery on Tuesday. We started medications immediately after his appointment and set a follow up pre-op appointment for 1:15pm on Monday.
Saturday, December 27th 2008
Blake woke up in the morning and we saw a few more bruises on his legs, we were a little worried since Blake really doesn’t bruise easily, but we thought we would just ask our nurse what she thought at our appointment on Monday. His breathing was much better and the medicine she had him on was helping the swelling of his glands go down. By Saturday evening Blake’s legs looked almost like solid bruises and he had little red dots called petachie. We were very concerned about this, so we decided to take him to the Urgent Care Clinic.
The Doctor at the urgent care clinic dismissed our worries about the bruises on his legs as he was more concerned with Blake’s breathing. He did some x-rays and said to continue the treatments that our Nurse prescribed. In order to appease us about the bruises he also sent a suggestion to our nurse to run some blood tests on Blake.
Sunday, December 28th 2008
Blake seemed to be improving. He slept a little more than usual and the bruises seemed to get worse. He also had a few scratch marks around his neck, which indicated that his glands were still bothering him.
Monday, December 29th 2008
I woke up to a phone call from my mom, who works at our Doctor’s office. She informed me that our nurse suggested we take Blake to Children’s Hospital for blood work first thing. We got up and got ready. Travis had to go to work, so I took Blake to Children’s by myself. Blake had his finger pricked and didn’t even fuss or cry. He was very good about it. They let us leave right away, so we headed home.
We had almost arrived home and I was on the phone with Travis when the Doctor’s office called us. Blake’s blood came back with abnormally low levels and they needed us to go back to Children’s to draw the blood from his arm. I was pretty shaken up about it, so I decided to pick my dad up in order to have some moral support.
They ran Blake’s blood through again and a nurse came out of the lab to take us to see a doctor upstairs. She led us from the elevators and I couldn’t help but notice that we were in the Oncology/Hematology section of the hospital. It started to feel like I was having a bad dream. We went into an examination room and a doctor met us almost immediately.
He informed us that Blake had leukemia. He said that there were two different types of leukemia and based on what he had seen he thought Blake had the one that was more easily treatable. At this point it still seemed completely unreal to me. Travis called me to see what the results of the blood test were and I told him. He told me he would leave work and come to the hospital right away.
They admitted Blake to the hospital right away and shortly after Travis arrived they took us to our room. They needed to get a few more blood samples to run more tests and they needed to put an IV in to keep Blake hydrated, so we went to the “torture chamber” where they poked and prodded Blake for over an hour and a half trying to get an IV in and trying to get enough blood to run a test on. Poor little Blake actually fell asleep at one point while they were poking him. He was so exhausted from fighting the needles.
Once the results came back our Doctor came in to tell us the results. By this point Jodi and my mom were with us. The Doctor explained that Blake has Type-B ALL Leukemia. He was very healthy other than the Leukemia and that he was very optimistic about Blake being cured. Thank goodness they actually have a cure for Leukemia now.
They explained to us that Blake is in the most treatable age range with this disease, children over one and under 11 have the best success rate. Blake will have to undergo 3 plus years of Chemotherapy, but hopefully once that is over he will be completely cancer free and he doesn’t run a risk of having it again.
If anyone needs any more information or has any questions about what is going on please feel free to contact me.
God Bless,
Desiree
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