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Bathed and Happy!

We came home without TPN!!! Without a pump! Without a line to flush! Without tubes to be cautious of! It is THE BEST feeling! Jake is so happy!!!!! We haven’t seen him this happy since we started all of this – a long time for a little boy. He’s been hooked to tubes for a good month, so this is freedom. Round 2 continues to go well, and so far, besides a little nausea this morning, we are keeping the nausea at bay with some good meds. And more praises… he’s taking them (the meds)!! No fighting it. That is a BIG deal. He’s eating, he’s drinking, he’s walking ALL over the house. When he was hooked up to the pump he had very limited accessibility since we had to pick everything up, be careful of stepping on tubing, or heaven help us pull it from his chest. Now he can get up and go anytime, anyplace… he can pee by himself! Although, mamma bear tends to intrude to be sure that the hands are washed. (Germs, ya know). Bacteria is our #1 enemy. AND he’s had a BATH!!!!! I’m sure the angels were singing! He’s clean… really clean. I’m giddy, I’m so happy. To see a kid who was truly at death’s door just two weeks ago bounce back like this is miraculous. They say we will yo-yo, but it’s hard to think of that right now. God is good! Today was good! We had the day to just be home and hang. Mrs. Jeanne came to play (thank you Angel Jeanne!). Leave it to Jake to teach Jeanne farting dinosaur games but his belly laughs are priceless. It allowed me to get things unpacked and begin re-packing. We’ve been informed to keep a hospital bag ready at all times – when fever strikes we have to be ready to flee at a moment’s notice. So his jammies, his special hospital sheets and blankies all got washed and put back. (I’m sure I’ll appreciate this when I’m packing for our next chemo). His counts are already dropping and he’s now neutrapenic. It gets there quick. He hasn’t bottomed out yet but we’ll find out tomorrow where he sits. As of Monday his ANC was 1500, Tuesday it was 800, not sure where he is today. We go back to TCH tomorrow for labs and a nasty shot of Nulasta. It helps the cells recover but also brings on really bad bone pain and flu symptoms. We’re hoping for a 1/2 day in the med center, but numbers are the name of the game. Low ANC is OK but low platelets and hemoglobin mean transfusions and that puts us there for at least 8-10 hours. We’ll be ready either way. At the moment it looks as though we are back for Round 3 around Nov 30th. And crazy as it sounds, the Transplant Division has been in touch. Our docs said intense, aggressive, and fast paced would be the course of treatment… they weren’t kidding. We’ll begin those discussions very soon. But for now, we will enjoy our good days, rest, prepare for a holiday of thankfulness, and pray that the Nulasta won’t take him down-n-out too hard or too long!

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Kate’s & Jake’s Weekend

Kate wanted to write today’s post (Jake’s 10 year old sister)… This was my special weekend with Jake and it was AWESOME! All of us brothers and sisters are taking turns staying with him so he isn’t lonely. Plus we miss him a whole lot when he is at the hospital. We went for walks and played in the play room with the doll house! I am so proud of my little brother! We also played an awesome dinosaur game, colored and read books On Saturday, the Pullen family was there, too! That meant that Jake, Sean, Eryn, and I could all share the fun of watching a Dinosaur movie, his favorite! First we played dinosaur, then we played Temple Run, then he went out on a walk with Erin, Shawn, Dad and me. I cannot even express my love, happiness, and proudness for Jacob. Every time I look at him I can’t help but smile. I miss him so much when he’s at the hospital. I love him so much! He’s just the cutest little boy! He’s such a stong boy, he’s a TRUE warrior! He looks up at me while walking with dad with his IV pole and smiles at me! I can tell he misses me too! And the fact that he says “Kate? Kate?! Where is she!” He gets so worried about me. I worry about him too a lot! I love, love, love my little brother! He is so funny and he is fun to be with and I got to meet his new friend Pearl. All the nurses think he is a

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Round 2

We waited most of Friday morning for the call that Jake’s room was ready, which was a good thing considering Thursday was so busy and I didn’t get much packing done – so I was able to play catch up. When we finally got to the hospital we found that we weren’t ready to start his chemo meds because his urine was too concentrated – so we ended up hydrating him all night with IV fluids. Nothing harmful, but it means a longer stay. Evidently the pump with TPN that he’s been on has a tendancy to do this, especially if he isn’t drinking a lot on his own – which he hasn’t been. But everything checked out by Saturday morning and off we went… round 2! And so far, a very good round 2 it has been. He’s eating, the nausea is controlled perfectly, he’s happy, and he hasn’t had any pricks! Yet. Those are coming on Wednesday morning as he will finish each chemo round with a Nulasta shot to help rebuild cells, and this time they want to add a flu shot – ugh! (The Nulasta is a painful shot and it causes bone pain so it isn’t fun.) But so far this round has been different and better! I think round 1 started off on the wrong foot for so many reasons. We were fresh out of surgery, as in few days fresh, so his little body was still recovering, and he went into chemo 1 with fever. This time, his body was as ready as it could be. We’ve had some visitors that we’ve enjoyed seeing and he also has a friend this visit that we’ve been able to spend some time with… Pearl! She is such a doll and it helps to have a playmate while he’s here. We’ve taken walks and played in the play room and it’s been really nice to have another mom to talk to. I’ve also noticed that our son has a crush. Nurse Stacey has his attention and out of all of our nurses he has really taken to her. They’ve talked dinosaurs and he likes to go on walks in the hall so he can “find” her. Mrs. Jeanne gave him the coolest, walking, roaring, eyes that light up, remote control dino and he’s

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