Rough night after chemo

I had been trying to publish this for a couple of days, sorry about the delay:

Logan had chemo Tuesday, and the plan was to draw blood from his port, do his IV monthly antibiotic while we waited on his labs and then give the chemo. This avoided having to go in for a finger poke the day before since we were going to be there long enough anyway. Well, it never goes exactly to plan, does it? They accessed his port with no trouble, but then it would not give any blood. Medicines went in, but nothing came out. Hmmm... Well, this happened once before, but they thought it might work after the IV. No such luck, so they put in some of the medicine to dissolve the clot and we waited. No luck after 30 minutes...no luck after an hour...tried again about 20 minutes later...nothing. They did decide to go ahead and do a finger poke for the labs so that he could get chemo. Then while we were waiting for results, they decided to use a larger syringe and see if that would help...success. Finally! At least it was cooperating. The results were back by then, and his numbers were a bit high. So, they increased one of his meds (unfortunately on a funky schedule of alternating doses every other day). They gave him his chemo and home we went. Overall he did very well throughout the extended visit which lasted about 3 1/2 hours instead of 1 1/2.

Logan started having some trouble when we got home and was not feeling well. He said he had a headache and just wanted to lay down on the couch. Unfortunately he threw up several times throughout the evening, but thankfully was able to keep his meds down long enough that he did not have to take them a second time. He slept pretty well, and woke up with plenty of energy this morning. He is feeling great and even helped put sprinkles on my birthday cake. Eric and the kids made it just for me, and it is super special.

Finally getting back into the swing

Logan is finally feeling more like his normal self. He is finally eating at least one good meal a day and is playing more. We have been having quite a few struggles around him taking his medicine lately (mostly since he was sick). He did decide he wanted to try swallowing the pills instead of from the syringe (I usually crush them). So, we practiced with some M &Ms, and he did great. Then before bed, we gave him a cup of juice and his chemo pill. He took it with no trouble and was so excited for himself. He says he preferred this to the other way, so we will do this from now on. Hopefully it will go this well when Tuesday rolls around and he has 12 pills to take.

Here are some Disney pictures that I just found and thought were cute, but had not shared:

End of a rough week

Well, last week was a rough week with Logan being sick most of the week. He still has a cough, but thankfully the worst is behind us. We are also thankful for the fact that he never spiked a fever high enough to warrant going to the hospital. The best thing was that Logan was well enough to go to an event on Friday. He was invited by Make A Wish to go to the local launch of the Believe campaign at Macy's. For every letter to Santa written and dropped into the big mailbox at Macy's, then they donate $1 to Make A Wish. There were some firefighters there and Logan got to check out the firetruck and even ride in it. He asked so many questions that I lost count! The firefighters and paramedics were so patient with him and answered everything he asked. Logan was in awe the whole time. They even went into Macy's and wrote letters to Santa, too. One's wish was for Logan to come visit them at the fire station. It was a pretty amazing experience all around. A special thank you to Make A Wish, Macy's, and the B shift from South Metro Fire Station 34!

After all that excitement, we had a pretty quiet weekend, but Logan did get a chance to start making out his Christmas list. Now, where am I going to get a fully functioning suit of Iron Man armor?

Reality again

Well, we have finally come down off of the high from our fantastic trip. Logan had chemo the week we got back, and he was a rock star with the spinal and IV chemo. We were at the clinic for quite awhile since he always gets IV fluids when he has the spinal tap and he now gets his antibiotic through a second IV. But, he just took it in stride and watched Star Wars without a complaint.

Then we just had a "normal" weekend with Alexis' last soccer game and soccer party. Of course Logan was right in the middle of it all and had fun too. Then it was Halloween week. Logan has a new Spiderman costume from his birthday, but had also wanted to be Ironman again and wear his costume from last year. He also has a Captain America costume that he could wear. Finally, Logan decided after many changes of his mind that he was going to be Spiderman, but did not really like the mask. Halloween was a busy day with parades, and trick or treating at his hospital as well as the evening neighborhood events with friends. The kids had a blast and thankfully stayed warm.

Then Saturday night, boom! Back to reality. Logan wakes up about 10pm throwing up. We were up all night sick and with a fever. Thankfully it did not get too high to immediately call the doctor, but he (and therefore, we) did not get much sleep. He continued to have a fever all day Sunday, but since it did not get to that 101.5 threshold they let us keep him at home and just wait and see. Finally right before bed time it went down almost to normal and he slept well. Apparently all the daycare kids had a stomach bug, but it seems to have hit Logan especially hard. Hopefully no more issues and he will feel better today.