Ding ding ding - Round 3

Ian's counts are back up. He headed in for round 3 yesterday morning. He had to have another LP (spinal tap) and 3 different chemos given to him. In addition, he continues to receive his Lovenox blood thinner and is starting up the steroid for 7 days straight. This is going to suck! The doctor said to expect his hair to fall as if he were a cat shedding hair. It gets in the clothes, the bed, the mouth, yuck! They told us that teens have recommended the use of lint rollers to pick up the hair. If Ian has a problem with it and is too shocked I have agreed to let him personally have a go at shaving my head. Corie will video tape it of course.

The past two months have been almost 100% maintenance and have given Ian a chance to recover from his weight gain and painful joints. Take a look at the three pics below to see how much he has changed over the past 5 months:

April 22, 2008
Day after Ian was diagnosed with ALL

May 22, 2008
Ian's last day on the steroid

August 22, 2008
The most recent picture of Ian

It's been a long 5 months...definitely the longest 5 months of my life. But whenever I think of complaining about the long hours in the office, the hours spent stuck in traffic, the annoying extra trips to the gas pump to fill up after hospital runs, the additional money spent to entertain Ian and his sisters, etc., I sit back and remind myself why it's all worth it.

We are truly blessed to have this tiger in our lives. He makes it all worth while. Goodnight.