Smooth chemo day

Logan made it through yesterday like the champ that he truly is. He knew that he was going to have to wait to eat breakfast until after the spinal tap, so he was fine with the morning routine. Of course, we always hope that he will sleep late on these days, and...he always wakes up earlier than usual. He was still understanding of waiting to eat, and he picked out some food to take. Once at the clinic, they checked him in and we learned he had grown an inch in the last month, but put on no weight. No wonder he was looking thinner and was having a hard time keeping his swim suit from falling down!

They accessed Bob and drew blood for his labs, and gave him a quick check-up. Everything looks good, and Logan seems pretty healthy. Then they were ready to do Logan's spinal tap and give his chemo into the spinal fluid. While Logan was in, we went and warmed up the breakfast he had chosen. They gave him some extra sedation this time because he was feisty last time and seemed to remember more. Actually, he has told us repeatedly that he does not want to be "made into a ball." Hopefully he will not have as much of a memory of it this time. After the spinal chemo, he always gets an IV and stays laying down for about an hour. He actually did better this time, and pretty much ate the entire time. He ate almost all of a sausage, egg and cheese breakfast sandwich, and he ate 6 sausage links. We also spoke to a dietitian while there, and they are recommending that we limit his milk intake. Well, that should be a challenge, but we will try. Then they gave him the IV Vincristine and took the needle out of Bob. Off to home we go!

Once home, Logan seemed to be his normal self. Maybe with a little less energy. We gave him some Pepsi for the caffeine to ward off any potential headaches that are often caused by the spinal taps. We watched a movie, ate lunch, and took it easy. We played on the slip and slide and fort in the evening, and then went to bed a little early after his first steroid dose. Overall, one of the better spinal tap days he has had during his treatment. These pictures are from our fun day at the zoo on Monday with Candice, Weston and Curran: