A Rough Week

After doing so well following 'round 4' of chemo (Chris went to school 3 days last week and was eating like a champ), he crashed last Friday (5/1). He started running a fever and had to be readmitted to Wolfson. Over the course of the next couple days his blood counts dropped to near zero and temps hovered at 103, except for relief from Tylenol. So it's been nearly a week of unplanned time back on the 5th floor at Wolfson. Chris's blood counts (ANC, WBC, etc.) finally started to climb above zero yesterday and looks like his fever is subsiding, so hopefully he can go home by tonight or tomorrow AM. This unexpected visit to the hospital has been really draining and discouraging for both Chris and Patty. Please keep them in your prayers.

Greetings from the Jag Room

Here's some video from yesterday AM in the "Jag Room", a common area with games, internet, etc. for the kids on the 5th floor of Wolfson. Chris was discharged last night and came home this morning. He's doing pretty well except for a lot of nausea from the Cisplatin. I know he's glad to be home with his mom and Jake. Fortunately there's a marathon of "Penguins of Madagascar" on TV to add some humor to a Friday nite. Hopefully he won't crash as hard as the first time he had this chemo regimen.

A Few Word from Chris

We're nearing the end of round 2 of chemo and Chris is doing pretty well. Hopefully he'll get to go home tomorrow morning. Jakie will be glad to see him. His uncle, Mike Staley, came down from Atlanta and stayed with Chris in the hospital last night. What a guy! Thanks Mike.