Monday, Derek started the third and last cycle of this first
“Maintenance” phase. When his lab report
came back, we learned that is ANC was only 600.
It was low but within the target levels. He had to be sedated for a
lumbar puncture (LP) where they take spinal fluid to test for leukemia relapse in
his central nervous system, and then they give spinal chemo to hopefully
prevent it. He has now had 19 LP’s, but
every time he is sedated for it, I still worry just a bit. Thankfully, he has never had a complication. We also learned that over the last three
months, Derek has grown one inch! And he had grown nearly one inch in the previous three months. Wow! He is growing as fast as his hair is! No wonder all his pants are getting too
short!
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