Day 5 of chemo

Zach was readmitted on Monday to start his 3rd round of chemo. His bone marrow and his spinal fluid remain clear of leukemia and his cat scan of his lungs is perfectly clear. This round of chemo is called intensification as one of his chemos goes from 92mg every 12 hours to 950mg every 12 hours. I was nervous as I was told all the side effects which are normal to happen and also not knowing how Zach was going respond. He was effected the first couple of days with fatigue, no appetite, some nausea, and fever, but by the 3rd day, his body adjusted and he is back to normal.....he is eating, drinking, not tired and no fever.....and again the dr's are stunned. He does have a rash which is expected and his head looks like he has a sunburn. It itches a lot but the new cream helps. So...tomorrow morning is his last does for this round, then we wait 2 weeks for the "no immune system" time. Prayers that he won't get an infection during that time please. All the prayers are helping!!!!

He made a friend today. There is a boy here who has cancer and is receiving chemo and is 6 also. They are both finishing up chemo and waiting for the no immune system period. SO...they are both still ok to go out from their rooms and play. They sat in the play room and played Star Wars on playstation. Zach also set him up with some silly string to shoot at the drs and staff. Zach is showing him the ropes.

Zach got a clone trooper costume for Halloween and he proudly struts around the unit showing it off. Of course, everyone is so wonderful here they just "ooh and aah" over it and make him feel real cool.

He also had visit from the F16 pilots and received a real flight suit that a woman took from a pilot and modified it to Zach's size. I'll post a picture of that later now that I got my camera.

The slide show pictures are pictures of waxing leaves with Noni on his time off as well as some of the beautiful leaves starting to show up here.

That's it for now. More later.

Love
Mom and Zach