Blake with his favorite Care Partner in the CARES unit. They are very close
Blake enjoying his lei. He wanted us to take pictures of him wearing it
The last picture taken in front of the big torn up leather monster that no longer clutters our living room
Blake has been enjoying his weeks off chemo. We have stayed home mostly our only real trips out are to visit Mama and Papa at their house and on Sundays when we go to church. He had to be at the CARES unit by 6:30 am, so he was very sleepy and slightly grumpy. We don't like the super early mornings, but when we they schedule him for a spinal tap we go without complaint. We have good news and bad news. The good news is that there is absolutely NO sign of any leukemia anywhere in Blake's system. He is still in remission and the blast cells they found were there as a sign that his bone marrow is rebuilding itself and is very healthy. The spinal fluid and bone marrow are both clean, no worries of relapse anymore. Blake's Doctor told Blake that he is not allowed to scare him like that anymore. :)
Blake has been enjoying his weeks off chemo. We have stayed home mostly our only real trips out are to visit Mama and Papa at their house and on Sundays when we go to church. He had to be at the CARES unit by 6:30 am, so he was very sleepy and slightly grumpy. We don't like the super early mornings, but when we they schedule him for a spinal tap we go without complaint. We have good news and bad news. The good news is that there is absolutely NO sign of any leukemia anywhere in Blake's system. He is still in remission and the blast cells they found were there as a sign that his bone marrow is rebuilding itself and is very healthy. The spinal fluid and bone marrow are both clean, no worries of relapse anymore. Blake's Doctor told Blake that he is not allowed to scare him like that anymore. :)
The bad news is that Blake is delayed on chemo for another week. His counts are low again, so we must wait a little longer. For those who have asked, Blake's counts drop when he gets chemo and also when he undergoes procedures like the bone marrow biopsy. They have nothing to do with his home life, only the medications that he is given to fight the cancer and to keep it from coming back.
We are never happy about delays in treatment, but I think it will be nice for Blake to have a little more relaxing time before he starts getting the massive amounts of chemo again. His Doctor told us that this phase is very similar to the first phase after he was diagnosed, they are just giving one last big blast before they relax the chemo a bit.
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