Ok, another short one. Just to let you all know that we had a slight plan change. We will be going in for Round 4 on Friday, September 14th and will be there until at least Wednesday, September 19th.
I had requested that we use a chemo called Cisplatin instead of Carboplatin for Round 4. Cisplatin is the chemo that Eli had for Round 1. It is harder on the hearing than Carboplatin, but it’s also a bit more effective against the cancer (according to what I’ve read and heard from other doctors). I brought this up weeks ago with our head Oncologist and he said he was fine with that idea. Today they confirmed that they’ll switch him to the 5 day Cisplatin instead of the 3 day Carboplatin, but that they want to delay him until Friday because they feel like if they start on a Wednesday, he will be ready to harvest stem cells over a weekend and it’s hard to schedule that on a weekend since nobody from that area works then. Do you know how ridiculous that sounds to parents of a 3 year old with cancer? “We’re delaying your chemo because we don’t want to schedule a procedure over the weekend.” Last time they delayed us a week because of Labor Day. Oh well, 2 days shouldn’t be the end of the world.
So, after this round, we’ll see if the bone marrow is clear. If it is, we’ll harvest stem cells. The next step will be surgery, probably in early October. If New York can’t schedule us early enough in October, we will be sticking with the surgeons in Iowa City. Hopefully we’ll know about that within the next day or two.
We did enjoy the game even though we lost (again). I added a new album and updated the Back Home album at http://photos.hornit.net. Thanks for the prayers and notes of encouragement on the message board!