Quick chemo day?

Over the past few months, Logan's chemo visits have been less than smooth. One issue is an uncooperative port that will accept meds, but not give blood return. Another issue is dry/cracked/calloused fingertips which make doing finger pokes difficult (hence getting poked 3 times last month before we had a decent sample for labs). All of this has combined to make us spend significantly more time at the clinic than is "normal."

But, today was a new day. Even though Logan's appointment was a little later than usual, I was optimistic. When we arrived they did his blood draw from the arm, and then took him back to the room. The nurse had his IV antibiotic ready, accessed him right away and started the IV. He was checked out and we had his lab results pretty quickly. His ANC was 1900, so they increased another of his medications. We have now moved back up to 75% of his typical dose which is still only half of what he was taking before he went off of the meds for a week since he was at 150% of the typical dose for his size. Once the IV was finished, they gave Logan his Vincristine (IV chemo) and he was done. We were actually in and out in just a little over an hour and a half. We felt like we were missing something since it had not gone this well in a long time. Now, we are on the countdown. Three more months, 3 more IV chemo visits including one last spinal tap at the end of this month. 98 days left!

Here are some pictures of Logan recently. First at the Children's Hospital Celebration of Life event:

Goofing off:

 He and Iron Man are "bros"

 With his favorite Colorado Rapid soccer player Badji after a game:

 And just hanging out with his sister at a fun birthday party on a snowy day: