Day 278 - Another spinal tap and goodbye grandma and grandpa

Ryan got another spinal tap today with his chemo... It was the last dose for this one for a while, which is nice.  Ryan was pretty excited to get his anesthesia although he was a bit cranky when he woke up.  Once he finished waking up, he was feeling pretty good.

His blood numbers were a bit low today (causing him to be pretty pale), so he got 2 units of blood and platelets to bring them back up.  We totally expect this, since the job of the chemo is to break down the blood, but the doctors are keeping up with it.  The good side is that his ANC is still up in the 1200's, so that's good.  We're scheduled for more chemo in the next few days.

Grandma and Grandpa headed back home today.  They had a great time with the boys, but I'm sure will be happy to be back home.

Thank you all for the continued prayers and good thoughts!

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  1. Lois HillJanuary 23, 2018 at 10:32 PM

    he likes being put to sleep--what a kid!! Bet the two guys were sorry to see the grandparents leave, but I am sure they had a great time together while they were all together!!
    LUV U all

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