Malcolm finished his second round of chemo today around 2:30. We were home by 3:30 and had a nice supper at home with Jan's parents. Malcolm was so happy to not only be unhooked but to be outside in his own backyard! He had tons of energy and even ate a bit of supper (yogurt and multigrain crackers - certainly better than a couple of little rice crackers which is basically all he's been eating all week).
Donovan spent quite a bit of time at the hospital today. He has been missing us and so it was especially great for him to have a "normal" family meal together. Fingers crossed that we can go home for a few hours for each of the next few days, until his ANC drops to below 500 again.
We spoke with a different doctor today regarding his bone marrow results. Like us, he had more or less been expecting that Malcolm's marrow might be clear after the first round of treatment (because the disease was caught so early and there were so few cancerous cells to begin with) but he reiterated the other doctor's view that it is not unusual for it to take more than one round to get rid of any visible signs of the disease. He indicated that he expects the marrow to look clear after this round. We expect to have the final bone marrow results on Monday which will tell us more precisely how much the marrow has improved so we will hope it shows a significant improvement.
Mary Ellen
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