Charlie's Last Chemo

Today Charlie had his last Chemo push at clinic!

After three of getting Charlie used to getting his port accessed it was maybe a little anti-climactic.  However, it was a good time to reflect on all the things Charlie has been through and how far he has come.  We were reminiscing with Sally about how bad Charlie use to be at getting his "tubies".  For a long time he hated getting the numbing cream put on his bump. Then, he despised taking his shirt off in the clinic.  After that, we had to start and stop the whole "access" process two or three times before he sat still enough.  Now, as you can see from today's album, he is an old pro.  It's almost like those first two years never happened.  As I've posted before, these clinic visits have become some good one-on-one time with Charlie.

While today was Charlie's last chemo push, you can see that he still has another 18 days of chemo pills.  Or at least he would if his ANC wasn't so low.  Charlie's counts were at 480, which all of you that follow along know is low enough to get him off meds for while.  We will be withholding Charlie's metho and 6MP for next week while his numbers rebound, but he still has to take his steroids this week (booooo!).  So, we still have a grumpy kid for the next three weeks, but after that we start to see a much more agreeable Charlie . . . hopefully for good.

Enjoy the album! Next up, Charlie gets his port removed on Thursday!  YEA!!!!!!  Check back soon.

Charlie's Last Chemo