Logan, White Blood Cells

This portion of chemotherapy’s rhythm is waiting, waiting for the white blood cells to appear again. The bone marrow needs to recover and “re-start” (technical term…) after being killed by the chemotherapy. Ultimately, the bone marrow is the genesis of blood cells. The treatment of leukemia includes multiple rounds of killing the bone marrow and recovering which is why this is months-long process. Logan receives blood transfusions and platelets as needed, since his marrow is not functioning yet. Or should I say ‘had received platelets,’ since he did not need those yesterday – a good sign. Public Service Announcement: donate blood and platelets if you are able!

Logan is doing well. His little body has processed the excess fluids that he was retaining after some med changes, and now he looks again like the toddler he should. He is standing by himself and is on the verge of walking. Logan lost a couple of pounds of those retained fluids, so you can imagine that he is feeling better. That does not mean that his nighttime sleep is back to what it was. Before this diagnoses, Amanda and AJ had just gotten Logan to sleep through the night. Now with the comings and goings of a hospital room, he is up many times each night. Which means Mom and Dad are also up. Which means everyone is tired. But feeling better and happy. I’ll take it.