March 7, 2010
We are home! Grant's counts did not drop over night and he did not have any more fevers, so the doctors let us go home late yesterday afternoon. YEAH!!! We had a nice evening. Since his counts were still okay, we went to an outdoor restaurant and had a nice dinner. Today, the kids are playing and having a great time at home.
I am moving into my cleaning overdrive mode to keep the house sterile as possible to protect him. We will not leave the house other than to go to clinic and to go back and forth from Claire's schools. His counts should start to plummet over the next few days and then start to make a recovery around the 14th. I just hope we can stay home and not be readmitted due to a fever. That is unlikely, so we will just enjoy the time we do have at home. To be honest, all I want is for his counts to be okay by St. Patrick’s Day and for him to be able to go to our usual stomping ground on that day!
Thanks again for the continued prayers!!!
Posted by Melanie McTaggart
March 5, 2010
Well, it is official. Grant spiked a fever of 101.1 this morning around 10:00 a.m. Of course in true Grant fashion, it is already down to 98.0. So, we are set to stay in - at least one more night. The only we hope we have now is that his fever stays down and that the 24 hour cultures come back negative, AND that is ANC does not crash over night. If all that happens, then we have a chance of getting out tomorrow. But who knows what Dr. we will end up with this weekend and if they make us stay... Continue reading...
Posted by Melanie McTaggart
March 5, 2010
Grant's daddy here. Last night's blood drive was a huge success! Claire and I had to leave before the final numbers were in, but I think they exceeded the donation goal by 100%. Melanie and I are so thankful to Ron, Nancy and their family for doing this. They not only hosted the drive, they got involved by donating blood themselves. Among many others, we are so grateful for the Chambers, the Mangums and the Atterburys for being there. One of Melanie's Bearkat friends drove all the way from... Continue reading...
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March 7, 2010
We are home! Grant's counts did not drop over night and he did not have any more fevers, so the doctors let us go home late yesterday afternoon. YEAH!!! We had a nice evening. Since his counts were still okay, we went to an outdoor restaurant and had a nice dinner. Today, the kids are playing and having a great time at home.
I am moving into my cleaning overdrive mode to keep the house sterile as possible to protect him. We will not leave the house other than to go to clinic and to go back and forth from Claire's schools. His counts should start to plummet over the next few days and then start to make a recovery around the 14th. I just hope we can stay home and not be readmitted due to a fever. That is unlikely, so we will just enjoy the time we do have at home. To be honest, all I want is for his counts to be okay by St. Patrick’s Day and for him to be able to go to our usual stomping ground on that day!
Thanks again for the continued prayers!!!
Posted by Melanie McTaggart
March 5, 2010
Well, it is official. Grant spiked a fever of 101.1 this morning around 10:00 a.m. Of course in true Grant fashion, it is already down to 98.0. So, we are set to stay in - at least one more night. The only we hope we have now is that his fever stays down and that the 24 hour cultures come back negative, AND that is ANC does not crash over night. If all that happens, then we have a chance of getting out tomorrow. But who knows what Dr. we will end up with this weekend and if they make us stay... Continue reading...
Posted by Melanie McTaggart
March 5, 2010
Grant's daddy here. Last night's blood drive was a huge success! Claire and I had to leave before the final numbers were in, but I think they exceeded the donation goal by 100%. Melanie and I are so thankful to Ron, Nancy and their family for doing this. They not only hosted the drive, they got involved by donating blood themselves. Among many others, we are so grateful for the Chambers, the Mangums and the Atterburys for being there. One of Melanie's Bearkat friends drove all the way from... Continue reading...
Posted by Melanie McTaggart
March 4, 2010
Grant was admitted yesterday and started the ARA-C at 8:00 p.m. He has had two doses and is handling it well - so far. He will receive another dose tonight at 8:00 p.m. and then his last dose (hopefully forever) at 8:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. He will have to wait 6 hours after it completes (it take three hours to administer) and then will get two shots of chemo in his legs. They will watch him for 1 hour after that and if all goes well, we will get to leave. So, IF he stays fever free until 6... Continue reading...
Posted by Melanie McTaggart
March 1, 2010
Wednesday. He has developed a cough that sounds crackly in his chest and we do not want it to turn into pneumonia after his counts drop. He has been on antibiotics since then, but it does not sound much better yet. I hope he will be ready to go on Wednesday. Like I said earlier, I am ready to get this one behind us.
I wanted to thank the Sunshine Kids and Candelighters for the wonderful day we had on Saturday. Our family really enjoyed the time we had at the cookoff. Thank you so much for the ... Continue reading...
Posted by Melanie McTaggart
February 23, 2010
We got to come home on Sunday afternoon. Grant's ANC jumped from 0 to 390 on Saturday and then to 4000 on Sunday! Crazy!!! We raced out of there and went out to eat at Grant's favorite Mexican restaurant.
I am taking him to clinic today for counts. I think he will need platelets today. If his ANC is still good, we are planning on taking Claire and Grant to the movies tonight. Grant has not been to a movie in forever! I hope it works out.
On Friday he will go back in for a check up. Hopefully h... Continue reading...
Posted by Melanie McTaggart
February 20, 2010
Well, his counts came up! His ANC is now 390! That is a huge jump from 0. And we think it will be in the thousands by tomorrow. He needs another blood and platelet transfusion today. I have n ot seen the doctors yet, but I am going to beg that they check his counts again this afternoon and if they have gone up some more that they let us leave tonight. I doubt they will go for it, but you never know. It is worth a shot! I'll keep you posted! Melanie Continue reading...
Posted by Melanie McTaggart
February 20, 2010
Whoever came up with the saying, "the luck of the Irish," clearly never met an Irishman. I though we were getting "lucky" this time and escaped fever for once. Then this morning at 4:00 a.m. Grant woke up with a fever of 102.6. So, to the ER we raced. When we got here, Grant no longer had fever. (At least not what they count as fever - 101). So, you would think we could go home right? No, we had to wait almost 7 hours to get his ANC back (ability to fight infection) and of course it was 0. So... Continue reading...
Posted by Melanie McTaggart
February 18, 2010
Sorry I did not update this on Monday. Have you ever had the feeling that if you say things are going well, that they will take a turn for the worse? Well, that is how I have felt, and still do, since we left the hospital. I will say this. Grant is acting great and is acting strong. His counts are ridiculously low though. His ANC (ability to fight infection) was almost 0 today, as I expected. I hated even taking him up there today for fear that he may get sick and spike a fever just being up ... Continue reading...
Posted by Melanie McTaggart
February 12, 2010
It has been a wonderfully strange week here at the hospital. Here I am, stuck in a hospital room that has become all too familiar with a sweet three-year old boy who is getting a very harsh chemo, and he is in the best spirits that I have seen him in since he was diagnosed. Tonight was just so good. My dad brought Claire up here this evening (thanks dad!!!) and when David arrived we ate dinner together as a family. Even though it was "here", it was so nice to just be together. After dinner, w... Continue reading...
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