What a relief, Cole's last Spinal Tap was this morning. His counts were awesome, yet him Lymphocytes were still a little low. Dr. B was happy to see that that the warts are slowly but surely dissappearing. For me the anxiety has not changed over the past 3 years of treatment. I hate spinal taps. I hate sleepy medince. For the 5-10 minutes that Cole is out of my site during the procedure, my heart races, I pace the waiting room, and peek at the feet of the people in the sedation room with Cole. All I can see is their feet becuase they close the curtain in the room. If their feet are still, I remain sort of calm...well not really. Today, Cole was snoring so loud that I could hear him across the hall. The nurses thought it was pretty funny. Cole's last Vincristine injection will be on December 8th. His last official day of oral chemo will be the next day, December 9th. Three years seems like such a long time, but in some ways it has gone by so fast. We have been witness to so much kindness over the past 37 or so months from friends, family and even complete strangers. We are so grateful to his amazing doctors and nurses who yearn to save Cole’s life. We are happy to know that Cole’s leukemia has an increasingly growing cure rate and we thank all of the organizations that raise money specifically to find a cure for childhood cancer. We thank the Make-A-Wish Foundation, Chemo Angels, Camp Sunshine and especially The Lighthouse Family Retreat for continually enriching our lives. We certainly didn’t choose to travel this path, but in so many ways we are grateful we are on it. We remain hopeful that at the end of this journey we can say that Cole has been cured. I captured today's event with my camera and uploaded the pictures here. Thank you for your neverending support.
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