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Sun, 22 Jan 2006
2 Years and Counting
Two years ago today, the doctor told us that Nate has cancer. Two
years. Wow. And now, he has a short six months of treatment left.
That's only 26 more blood draws at the lab, only 195 more methotrexate
pills and only 312 more mercaptopurine pills. And, I believe, only
one more spinal tap with methotrexate into his cranial spinal fluid.
Nate is currently in the middle of a steroid pulse... 7 days of
dexamethasone. He's managing well. Maybe, because he's older, he can
manage his emotions better. Or maybe he tolerates it better. He's
definately a little hyped-up and less focused. He's a little obsessed
about playing Yi-Gi-Oh cards, and that's getting annoying for us.
But, in all, he's doing well. He had an injection of vincristine on
Thursday, and will have another on the 26th. He'll finish his
steroids then, and I don't believe he'll have to take any more from
that point. Thank goodness.
Saturday is Andrew's 3rd birthday. He's getting to be such a big boy.
I asked him how old he was gonna be on his birthday. He gave me a sly
look and said "twelve or something". He's very funny.
Becca is all over the place. She is learning quickly from her
brothers, and does quite a nice job of pouting. My little actress.
Take care, I hope to update with pics from Andrew's bday soon.
- Greg
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