The Waiting Game

As of yesterday Xavier had his last dose ever of Erwinia, which means no more shots in his legs!! It feels so good to reach a milestone! We are now waiting to start the maintenance phase of chemo which will last for 3 years. We were supposed to start maintenance tomorrow with a spinal chemo (Ara-C instead of Methotrexate since the reaction) but Xavier's bloodwork was not high enough. The docs need his numbers to be at 750, and unfortunately X's are 66. So we now have a week off to build him back up. We will do bloodwork again next Wednesday, and if he is at 750 we will have a spinal on Thursday Feb 5th. So please just pray that he gets stronger and we can get started on this phase!

Also, thank you so much for the outpouring of support and wanting to donate blood. Wendi has been recruiting at her work and is getting so many responses! CHOC is always in need, even if you are not a match for Xavier please consider donating for the many other children that need blood. Xavier's blood type is A+, and the number to contact the bloodbank is 714-532-8339.

I will update you on Xavier's counts next week, keep your fingers crossed for a 750.
Have a happy and safe Super Bowl weekend...Xavier says "Go Cardinals"!!!!