Sunday Afternoon

We did not get to go home yesterday after all....ugghh! Well hopefully Tuesday will be the day!

Ben had a lot go on yesterday, it was a big day. Dr. Henry (Ben's oncologist) came in and said that they were going to have to re-do the last bone marrow asperation because two different doctor's had come up with two very different results. Last week we were told that his "blasts" were at 2% which is good, but a pathologist had double checked the results and said that his count was 42% which is very bad for ben. So he had his Bone marrow asperation at noon and at about 5:00 we had the results. Ben's "blasts" are at 0%!!!! This means he is in the first stage of remission!! Also his Chromosone testing that was looking for specific Leukemia abnormalities came back positive for "TEL/AML 1" which is also good news. This is one of the rarest abnormalities but also one of the best. Dr. Henry said that because of the "TEL/AML 1" Ben is now at 90% curability instead of 80% & he is considered LOW RISK!!! God is so good to us! Ben has one more test in two weeks, this test is on the microcellular level. If the results of this test come back good then Ben will stay LOW RISK and he will not need a more aggressive Chemo. This is such wonderful news!!
Ben had to have a platelet transfusion before his procedure and a red blood transfusion right after. He also received his IV chemo called "vinchristine". But thank the Lord they have very specific protocol before administering Chemo into his port. They always test the line to make sure that it is inserted correctly so that the Chemo goes into the blood stream and not the body tissue because it would destroy any tissue it was injected into. When they tested him it was NOT correct so he actually had one side of his chest all swollen because it had filled with IV fluid. Nothing bad happened as a result from this it just had to absorb into his body and was perfectly normal looking this morning.
He has been doing well with the treatments so far no vomiting or nausea. He is handling everything very well. I went home today to get some work done and then drove to Aunt Jill's to visit Olivia. Of course she is doing wonderful with all the attention from the girls. I can't wait to be home so I can have both my babies with me!! :)

Love you all

Jamie