Tuesday, Sep 21, 2021
The diagnosis continues. Logan appears to have a rare form of leukemia with only about 100 cases in the last 15 years. Chemo has not yet begun, because the medical team is determined to provide the absolute best treatment, and the treatment depends on the diagnosis. Given the leukemia strain’s apparent rarity, consults with other doctors are in process and take a little time. Focus is on getting it right.
I am anxious to have the medical teams start attacking and killing the cancer, but I know what that means. Poisoning this precious young boy. Logan will not know what is happening, and his parents Amanda and AJ will do their best to comfort him and love him through it all. And we are here to comfort and love them through it all.
Wednesday, Sep 22, 2021
Hmmmm. Still waiting. The doctors are being super careful to identify the proper drugs and timing to not only get Logan into remission, but also to keep him in remission. The treatment decisions now are critical to the remission success. That means that leukemia variants need to be tested for and eliminated. And because Logan’s cancer seems rare, there are only a few machines in the country which can properly test it for variants. Machine reading is then weighed against a human pathologist’s reading of the slide. The “art” part of medicine is in play here. So we wait, so the doctors can do their absolute best for him.
This does not mean that I am patient. On the contrary, I am an impatient person to start, and so this delay is maddening. Necessary, but maddening. Let’s get on with it.