We were out on pass again this afternoon. Malcolm's counts are really not dropping much. Platelets were 109, hemoglobin was 109 and ANC was still 1073 - well above the 500 threshold to get a pass for a few hours. We are hopeful that we may be in hospital for an even shorter stay than last time (16 days). This would be great as the next round is much more intensive chemo and I do not think we will be allowed out of hospital at all.
The hospital does a special trick or treat event each year for patients. It will be Friday afternoon. Malcolm will be a cow or a dog - we looked through the costumes today (they have boxes and boxes of wonderful costumes of all sizes here for kids to use). If Donovan's cold is better, he can come too. He is very excited about his superhero costume that his Grandma Lee gave him. I showed it to him on Sunday and he put it on for three hours while he (literally) ran around. We ran to a park several blocks away to "test our skills" (his phrase, not mine) and then ran all the way home. He kept running as much as possible in the house till I made him take it off in an effort to settle him down for supper. He asks every day how long it will be till it's time for trick or treating!
Mary Ellen
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