Friday 7th May 2010

Yay!!!!! Luke finished this round of chemo on Wednesday.
During the week he had to have another blood transfusion and an anti-thrombin injection to stop clotting. His blood levels still aren't recovering yet by themselves and he is still neutropenic. It's now been 25 days that he has been prone to infection and when it's best for him to avoid public places.

So now we just need to wait for his blood levels to recover from the chemo. They should start going up soon. The nurse will continue to come daily and take blood samples. He is booked in for a bone marrow biopsy on Monday 17th May and we should get results by the end of that week as to if he has remained in remission. That's the plan. He should then start chemo about 7 - 10 days after the bone marrow biopsy. So all up we are hoping for a nice 2-3 week break from chemo.

Murray and I went to Luke's college today to discuss what is happening with Luke's schooling. He finds it hard to concentrate for long periods and feels really weak. He told me the other day, even though he looks okayish on the outside he feels like an 80 year old on the inside. (I'm sure he doesn't mean any disrespect to anyone near that age but I think it's a good illustration of how he feels).
He has been dabbling in bits and pieces and is ready to do some assessment items. He still hasn't looked at Maths though (don't blame him) so we are planning on getting a tutor to assist him with that. At this stage as all of his subjects are semester subjects he will need to complete at least half the assessment items to get a pro-rata mark. The college has been great and very supportive so we are hopeful that Luke will be able to get through Year 12 okay.

So as there will be nothing to report possibly for a few weeks - I think I'll also have a break from blogging. I'll let you know the outcome of the bone marrow biopsy when we find out.
Happy Mother's Day for Sunday to all the Mum's out there.