I was very proud of Charlie on Tuesday. Last trip to the hospital his counts were so low that they stopped all forms of chemo for two weeks. Well Tuesday we returned to clinic for counts, or just a "finger poke." Daddy was out of town so it was just Charlie and Mom. We got there right at 8am, he went into the phlebotomist's room, sat down and started talking about how much he liked finger pokes. No screaming, no crying, no fuss. He sat there on the chair like a big boy and let Miss Irene poke him and capture a small vial of blood. he didn't even flinch! It's really cute, Irene wears gloves during the draw and has a smiley face on one of the fingers. When she is all done, Charlie gets a bandaid with a smiley on it and the fingers touch to "kiss bye-bye." You can see the finger in the picture above. Of course afterwards we went down to the cafeteria for snacks before heading back to school and work.
His blood counts came back at 1250, up from the 300 from two weeks ago. Dr. Albano put him back on the chemo, but this time at only a 50% dosage. He was up to 150% before the plummeting counts. I was secretly hoping they would continue to hold the chemo. Charlie has been so much happier these two weeks without all of the chemicals. I knew it wasn't going to happen, but the thought of another weekend, his birthday party weekend, without Methotrexate would have been swell.... We head back at the end of the month for counts and another chemo push. It should be interesting.
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