Andrew is eating!!!  We will be taking out his nose hose tomorrow.  We went to the doctor on Tuesday for his chemotherapy and found that his blood counts were very low all around.  We are planning on getting his first platelet transfusion tomorrow when they take out his hose.  Thank you for all your support and those of you who have not seen Andrew’s webcast below…watch it, very funny!

Andrew has been feeling much better lately, so he and Taylor posed for some photos:

So we have had a lot going on lately.  If you watched the video than you know that Andrew, Taylor and I attended the Mountain State Tumor Institute (MSTI) Prom on Saturday night.  Andrew asked a fellow cancer fighter 15 year old, Morgan to be his date.  Yes, he likes the older ladies.  We all had a great time!  Andrew and Taylor danced in the congo line and the YMCA was an event that will not be forgotten.  He was able to dance almost the whole night and we hope to attend many more to come.  To make the occassion even more special, Andrew, Morgan, and I were pictured in the Sunday newspaper.  They could not have looked sweeter. 

So Andrew was admitted for chemo Tuesday around 1:00.  I was very concerned about this round since the last one was so hard on him.  However, my worrying was unnecessary, he did great!  He did not get sick and we were released at 24 hours a new records for us.  He continues to do very well.

I also received the MRI results from his Thursday scan today.  There are still spots around the tumor resection site.  The spots are most likely either scar tissue or residual cancer, which we will be unsure of which it is unless they grow showing that it is cancer.  So as it stands all we can do is just wait.  It does not change any of his treatment.  His next scan will be in August. 

Thank you for all your kind words and support, we will just keep plugging along.

Andrew was released from the hospital about 7pm Thursday night.  Woo hoo!!!!  He wasn’t quite himself but we were happy that he was able to finish recovering at home.  He is doing much better now, at a wopping 66 pounds.  He is scheduled for a follow-up MRI on Thursday, I will update when we get the results back.  He is also scheduled for his next chemo cocktail May 12th, hoping to be released by the 13th depending on how well he tolerates it.  This is the “A” cocktail CCNU which he has done pretty well with the past two times he has gotten it. 

Last night Andrew’s hair began to fall out again.  We think that this time it all will go since his eyebrows are thinning too.  He didn’t believe me when I tried to show him the multiple pieces of hair that came out when I tried to pull it.  To convince him, I had to direct his attention to his pillow which could  pass as a short-haired blonde dog.  Taylor has been asking for a dog…maybe we have found a compromise.  All is well right now, and I will update with pictures soon.