Barely Breaking Stride

Our Hero continue his march through these tough days of treatment with his head high and proud. With the help of his nausea meds every six hours, a lot of quality playtime with his big brother and his cousins, the Xbox 360 and of course breaks for some food, he was able to really enjoy the sunshine over the weekend.

Tuesday Joe headed back to the hospital for a few blood tests and of course more treatment. The numbers were encouraging (Hematocrit - great at 30.6, platlets were down to 168 and ANC is still solid at 768) but Team Taylor is staying cautiously optimistic and are aware of the nature of the treatment and know that numbers going down are normal and blood transfusions are normal in this stage. Tuesday did bring a bit of sensitive skin (his dressing needed to be changed three times due to discomfort) but this may be as much due to the fact that even with his deep dark tan, the chemo has made his skin extra sensitive. Mark this one up to lesson learned and extra precautions next time he's running around outside.

Now, a little note from Mom...

We are so pleased that Joe is happy and comfortable! Wow, thanks for thinking and praying for him through this. We expect this week's medicines to be impacted by last week's doses. But we should be able handle what comes our way. Thanks for thinking and caring for us.

As always thanks for the thoughts and prayers, keep them coming!!! Stay tuned...