Wednesday, October 20, 2010

We'll see...

It's been nearly a month since my last blog post...where does the time go? What's new, you ask? Well....Hayden just re-started chemo after ANOTHER 2-week break. No, I'm not joking. His neutrophil count crashed again. As I said in an earlier post, they can't go much lower on the methotrexate so now he's down to 25% on mercaptopurine too. At the clinic yesterday, they also did a TPMT test on Hayden - in a nutshell, low TPMT activity would explain why the meds make his counts drop. In this case, I think Dr. Stoffman would simply be happy to stay with a low dose. We'll see.

We were out in Portage la Prairie last weekend for the annual Family Camp put on by Candlelighters, an organization for families with children who have cancer. Great event. My heart breaks for the new families and the ones who are struggling but nothing beats watching the kids playing in the pool, hanging out, and bonding. I guess the same rings true for the parents. We all had fun.

Hayden's molar came out (once again at Auntie Mel's house) and he's got another lose tooth. Hockey is going well. We're reading Breaking Dawn (oiiyyy....lots of censorship). I think that about sums it up. I'm still active on my job hunt but considering a few different paths. We'll see.