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Yearly Archives: 2013

Owen’s Leukemia – Day 258

HELLO MAINTENANCE!!!  Yay!  We are so excited to finally be here!  Owen did awesome today!  His counts were pretty much perfect (like a healthy person)!!  He got his lumbar puncture, and his Vincristine and we have a whole list of new medicines to start for these next 2 1/2 years.  I am going to need […]

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Owen’s Leukemia – Days 251-252

Yesterday was supposed to be Owen’s first day of Long Term Maintenance.  He was ready.  He wore his scrubs, and doctor coat and was the hit of the floor.  All of the nurses had to come see how cute he was.  He did so good with them accessing his port and getting his blood.  The […]

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Owen’s Leukemia – Days 242-250

Sorry again for the delay in posting.  When we have such good days, it gets away from me.  Last week went very good.  We had a fun outing with a friend at Animal Treasures in New Castle last Thursday.  It is a zoo, but a lot smaller.  They also have a lot more interaction between […]

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Owen’s Leukemia – Days 239-241

I am so thankful that the Doctor’s reduced Owen’s quantity of Methotrexate for this week.  They reduced it by 20% of what he had the time before.  It has made a world of difference.  No mouth sores, and he has been feeling great! Saturday, we took the kids to see Monsters University.  Owen loved it, […]

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Owen’s Leukemia – Days 236-238

Well, yesterday was the last day of treatment in the intense phase.  2 weeks and we start Long Term Maintenance, as long as his counts are good enough.  He had a good day yesterday.  He had a hearing test in the morning, which he aced, then his chemo in the afternoon.  While he was waiting […]

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