Unfortunately this chemo came with the education that it’s going to lower Zaydens blood counts (hemoglobin and platelets) and his risk for infection will be very high. He also may have nausea/vomiting, get mouth sores, and become constipated. He also started steroids again. Last time he was on steroids he got so weak he couldn’t walk on his own, and he was so irritable he screamed a lot and it was very hard on us. He’s only on day two of steroids and he screamed part of the day and tore apart his room today…it is so difficult for us to watch him deal with these big feelings and be so helpless as Zayden doesn’t even know what he wants/needs and we know this isn’t our sweet, loving little boy.  We would do anything for him while he’s going through this but he has difficulty expressing to us what those needs/wants are and this is going to be a rough month. We have been advised to “quarantine” until end of June/beginning of July. We will be having minimal contact with people starting now. Doctors advised us to pack overnight bags and keep in the car with each visit as it is inevitable we may need to be admitted. Please keep us in your thoughts and pray this goes by fast for Zay 

Thanks to our village for supporting us and understanding our need to keep Zayden as safe as possible at this time.