Yesterday we went to Ben's Clinic appointment and started the next phase of his treatment. As long as Ben's ANC's stays above a certain level this phase should end mid-february. After February he will be in his maintence phase and we will be to point of going about once a month.
This new phase includes two different chemo drugs given through his IV port every ten days. They will test his liver and kidney's each time before administering these two drugs. He will also need IV fluids for one hour each time so our Doctor Visits for the next months will last about 3-4 hours unless ben needs blood transfusions then they will last 6-8 so we are hoping his blood levels continue to stay up in the good numbers.
I feel weary this week. I am trying to find time to rest while continueing to get everything done. I went to the zoo this morning with Stephanie and it was a lot of fun to get out of the house. We probably won't be able to get out of the house in the following weeks so we wanted him to do some fun things this week.
We are hoping that Ben's counts are high enough that we will be able to spend Thanksgiving at Aunt Pam's house. We have a Doctor's appointment the day before Thanksgiving so we can find out where his ANC's are but they are telling us to expect that from about mid next week to mid-february that it will be more rare to get to do anything out of the house so we are glad that we have been able to go do a few special things with him.
We love you all and we are so grateful and blessed for the prayers and the support from everyone.

Jamie