Grant's Daddy here again.

Grant was discharged on Friday evening.  Before we left the hospital Dr Dreyer gave us the news that the PCR test,  performed at MD Anderson,  showed no signs of Philadelphia chromosome.  So, the results of all leukemia related testing
 were great.  Also, Grant had a brain MRI on Wednesday which showed that the white matter changes to his brain had improved since has last MRI about 8 months ago. This is a good sign that once the chemotherapy is finished, his neurologic...
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Grant's Daddy here.
We checked Grant in yesterday at 7am for his 3rd to last hospital chemo.  As usual he couldnt eat or drink anything after midnight because of the anesthesia.  He had to wait until noon before it was his turn  in the O. R. and he was a very big boy and didnt complain at all about it.  Melanie's dad came up to visit him while he waited which was a treat for Grant. 

They did a spinal tap and bone marrow aspiration yesterday.  At around 4pm Dr Dreyer informed Melanie that the M...
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Grant's Daddy here.

We checked Grant in this morning for the third to last round of hospital chemo.  His ANC was over 800 so he was good to go.  As usual, he couldn't eat or drink anything after midnight because of the anesthesia for his bone marrow aspiration and spinal tap.  He had to wait until noon before it was his turn in the O.R..  He was a very big boy and didn't complain at all about the wait.  Melanie's Dad came up to see him which was a treat for Grant. 

Dr Dreyer notified Melanie a...
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Before I begin on the "Grant news", I would like start with some exciting “Claire news!!!”

Claire lost her 1st tooth today!!! To say she was excited is an understatement. This morning, at clinic, it became very clear that her tooth was coming out, and she wanted me to pull it out right then and there. Well, I chickened out. So, nurse Kelly came to my rescue. She appeared with gauze and pulled it out before Claire knew what was happening. She sat there smiling as blood filled the front part...

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