Cris had an amazing birthday party on Friday! Alyson from child life brought him an ice cream cake, made him a Darth Vader birthday poster and bought him some really cool gifts. He had a great day!
Dr. Trippett stopped by Friday evening and said that the transplant team was really impressed by his progress and that he might be ready to come home as early as this week!!!!!! They discontinued the G-CSF (a drug which stimulates cell production) and, while his counts initially dropped, they were also beginning to recover on their own. This is a great sign! His body is doing what it is supposed to and is producing the cells it needs to help him fight infection. He looks great and he has started eating again, so they were also able to discontinue the nutrition drip he was on (that thing used to beep all night long). Today they discontinued one of his antibiotics and they lowered the dose of his pain meds. They are supposed to be either eliminating his meds or switching them to pills to prepare him for going home!! We're on our way out!!!!!!!
I don't know if I mentioned this, but the team told me that Cris will be able to return to school at the end of October/beginning of November. We're planning a back to school Star Wars party for the big day...
Adina
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