Roller coaster day

Logan passed his counts to have chemo today, and his ANC is actually 2000 which is good and also allowed the doctors to escalate his dose of the medicines. He was also due for a dose of chemo in his spinal fluid, so we started out this morning at the clinic (no breakfast or drinks beforehand). I don't know how he does it, but every time Logan has a spinal chemo and is not allowed to eat breakfast he wakes up early and we have to occupy him for longer and keep reminding him why he cannot eat or drink. He is a trooper though, and made it without too much fuss.

We arrived armed with the little DVD player and a couple of movies in hopes that all would go smoothly. He has been having more nausea and trouble when the access his port to put the chemo in, so we are pulling out every trick we can think of. It starts even when the just put the mask on, and gets worse when they disinfect his skin before they insert the needle. It is just all linked in his mind, so any step triggers a reaction. So, anyway, he did wonderful for his tap with no problems and stayed flat for an hour while he received the IV fluids and the two chemos in his port for a total of three different doses. We went home then and he was ready for lunch.

He was a little pitiful through the day, and started to have back pain. He has never had back pain before with these, so I called the clinic just to let them know. They gave us the OK to give him Motrin (this is a big deal for a kid with Leukemia) and to use a heating pad. But, apparently the heating pad is a big scary monster ready to gobble him up, because he would not let it anywhere near him.

He took a nap, and did get sick later in the day. But now he seems to have recovered from that and is feeling better. Hopefully he will stay this way and have a good evening and sleep well tonight. Here is a picture of Logan in front of his new Ironman Fathead, and then in the tub. Notice all that hair growing back!