The night before

Malcolm's surgery is tomorrow. He will have a platelet transfusion, have his adenoids removed, may have tubes put in his ears and will have a bone marrow aspiration. It will all likely take a couple of hours. We expect he will be kept in the hospital overnight and we hope to come home Friday morning.

We were expecting chemo to start next Monday but that is now up in the air. It is looking more likely to be next Tuesday or Wednesday but we expect that will be confirmed tomorrow.

We have learned that he will require six courses of chemotherapy which means at least 5.5 months in the hospital. We hope that he can come home for a few days each month. Jan's parents have arrived and are already a great help.

Wish us well tomorrow!

ps at some point I will figure out how to upload pictures and will post a few recent shots of Malcolm...