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It's been a long week recovering and the longest week since we left the PICU in Detroit. Nicholas is recovering slowly and his ANC today is 300 so they are finally allowing us to leave the hospital and go back to Target House. I am so thankful to God that we are getting out, I am not sure mentally I could take another day just sitting there watching the clock. The days of being inpatient for fever and counts are long and exhausting and so difficult because it gives you too much time to think. When your inpatient for chemo, you feel like your at least getting somewhere and there is a plan in action. We were hoping his ANC would be higher, but we will take any inch of improvement God is willing to give us right now. He still has cold like symptoms and I am just praying they subside before we go in for chemo again next week.

8-26Are we ever getting out of here? Nicholas sounds so congested and it's stressful waiting for his 4am lab results to come in but after 5 long days with his ANC at 0, he's finally at 100 today. Of course I was hoping for 300 or 400 so we could leave but he's just recovering slower from this cold he caught.

Dear God,

Please do not mistake my complaining for not being completely thankful that we are finally seeing a rise in his ANC because I am so very grateful. I just can't handle another night here at the hospital. So please no more fevers and bring that ANC to at least 300 so we can leave tomorrow.

Day 5 and still his ANC remains 0. They keep doing blood cultures because he gets fevers on and off still. They told us fever eat up platelets and so his platelets are at 38 after getting a transfusion yesterday. That tells you just how bad this virus /cold is kicking our little mans butt. This is our third platelet transfusion this round.

Dear Lord,

Please bless our platelet donor! It amazes me that someone took 2 hours of their time to give platelets and our boy needs them and it only takes 45 minutes to get them! Please watch over our boy - he's so weak and these fevers are scary to me. Please watch over him and shield him from cancer ever harming him again!

Day 6 with his ANC is still 0 - it feels like we have been inpatient way too long this time. : ( Hopefully tomorrow it will go up! We also ask you to pray for our friend's son here Ryken. He's having quite a hard time recovering from a procedure. Please pray - pray - pray

Our God performs miracles.

Day 4 and his ANC is 0 - FINALLY - he's getting blood and platelets today - they waited till they dropped to 19 which is ridiculous for a baby. It's the first time I was upset with the doctors on the floor at the hospital - they waited too long transfuse him! He needed platelets yesterday since he was symptomatic and below 30. his Hgb ( red blood) was at 7.8 so he needs that as well. 5 hours of transfusions today.

Dear Lord,

Please bless the blood donor and the platelet donor that gave my son what he needs to thrive. We ask you to watch over all our St. Jude friends too God ....

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