8/28/04

Not a fun day today. Jordan had to have an injection of chemo into each of his thigh muscles. It was very painful for him and hard for us to explain to him why he needed more "pokies". He took a nap afterwards and then was in better spirits. The good news is that his blood counts are showing a good response to the chemo. The "blast count" (which is basically the cancerous cells that are circulating in his blood) is down to 800 from 30,000. They will take him off of the IV fluids today and monitor to make sure that he is eating a drinking enough then send him home tomorrow (sunday). Monday he will have an outpatient appointment to do blood work and give him a platelet transfusion so that his blood is able to clot before doing the surgery to place the central-line catheter, or port-o-cath, on wed. He is starting to develop definate food preferences from being on the steroids. He likes salty food, chicken nuggets, and fruit roll-ups. Love to you all, Lara and Jim