Snow Day!

Logan had a busy day yesterday. He had his first snow day from school, and chemo that afternoon. He really enjoyed staying in, watching movies and playing in the snow.

Then, off to chemo. Logan did great as usual. He even asked the nurse if she had poked him yet when she accessed him, because it didn't hurt. His numbers looked great, and are staying in the therapeutic range. He is just going into yet another course of steroids. This is our least favorite part of the month, since he gets so hungry and cranky. We forgot to take a movie with us, so we occupied ourselves writing on the treatment chart on the wall and taking pictures.

The Big catch up (Part 2)

OK, where were we? We had just gone over Light the Night, but I forgot to include how much our team raised. Logan's Avengers raised $2,542! We are so thankful to everyone who donated and also those who came out to support Logan and our family. Then I included pictures from the camping trip to Utah. OK, onward...

We came back home to school and chemo that next week. Logan's numbers were actually right where they like them to be. His ANC was 1450 which is right in the "therapeutic range." Then the kids enjoyed their Fall Festival, and the next week was Halloween! Logan had been looking forward to being Ant Man, and this is what he wore to the Fall Festival at school. Then all of a sudden he wanted to be Hulk. No biggie, it was a costume he already had, and he wore that to trick or treat at the Children's Hospital event. Then he promptly changed his mind back to being Ant Man for the big day. The kids had fun trick or treating with friends, but Logan got tired pretty quick and did not last long. Unfortunately I did not get a picture of him as Hulk, but here are some pics of Ant Man:

That same day, he had his last soccer game and got his trophy. He enjoyed soccer, but did get tired pretty easily and did not like that.

Other than that, Logan has just been a regular kid. He enjoys school, and charms his teachers every day. He has made so many friends, and likes to go to birthday parties. He has chemo next week, so hopefully his numbers will be good.

The big catch up (Part 1)

OK, so it has been over a month since I updated the blog, sorry to all of Logan's followers. I have not been on my computer much at home, so have not updated. Here goes...

At the last update, Logan had just had IV chemo and spinal chemo, and his numbers were pretty low. They were low enough that they stopped all of his oral chemo pills. After that, we had a little scare the next week because he developed a fever and ear/jaw pain. Usually with an ANC below 500 and a fever, it is an automatic trip to the hospital for an admission. Thankfully, our doctor and nurse had us just come into the clinic to check Logan out. Turns out that he had an ear infection, but they took blood cultures just in case. After that, we went in the next week for a blood test to see if he was ready to restart his medications. The ANC was even lower at 200! This was pretty alarming to us all, especially with a camping trip pending. Because we had planned on going camping in Utah for Fall Break, they had us come in the Friday before for a recheck. Thankfully, the numbers were up high enough for us to travel. Yay!

Light the Night: We had a blast at the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society event. First, that day was "Logan day" at the kids' school. Third grade sold Logan's Avengers stickers to the whole school for 25 cents each, and actually raised $550 just from the sticker sales. Unbelievable. This paired with Kindergarten and 3rd grade wearing their shirts, and other supporters wearing superhero shirts was great. When the kids got home from school, we finished packing up and left for the event. Since we got there early, we were able to set up our space with a shade tent, cooler of popsicles, and our sign. Then we could get checked without waiting too long in line. By then, kids and families from the school had started arriving. We were so impressed by the turnout from the school. There were several kids from 3rd grade and also many kids from Logan's kindergarten class. We were just blown away by the turn out from the school including families, several teachers, staff, and the principal. All of this combined with family including NeNe, Grandma and Grandpa made the night so special to Logan and our family.

For Fall break, the kids had a great time camping in Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah:

To be continued...(this is what I get for waiting so long to update)