Ready to Fly????????

Day +66 & Day +13 - Tuesday May 30, 2006

We hope everyone had a nice Memorial weekend! Ours was ok......but the week is getting better......We're ready to fly this nest....well not yet, but getting there. Jack's counts are climbing on a daily basis. No holding these new cells back. No holding Jack back. He's a fighter. His nurse Erin asked if she could bring Jack or Charlotte anything and Jack said "discharge papers". He's not ready to leave, ya think? Anyway his ANC was 576 on Monday Today it was 1275, White blood cells 1.1, today 1.5. Whole cells counted 100, today 100 (they don't count higher then 100).
I spoke to Dr. Orange today and he said he is "very very happy with Jack's numbers, he is right on schedule with everything since his boost". We haven't heard from the Big BMT chief Dr. Bunin yet, (she is not on service this week) but Dr. Aplense said maybe by Friday we can get discharged. We are not getting our hopes up yet, don't want to get excited to be let down. If Friday is the day then we will stay in Philly for the week and then come home next Thursday or Friday. Jack will have to go to clinic every Tuesday to get his counts checked medications adjusted, IVIG's and so on. It will be a process but better out then in I say. Our goal is to be home for next Saturday (6/10), it's Christina's 8th birthday and she said she wants mommy and Jack home for her birthday present. We're hoping to give her that and a whole lot more for being such a good big sister and for being as good as can be expected through this whole thing. We love her so much and she deserves to get what she wants.