Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Bad News

We don't have a final count yet, but Ben is going into the "high-risk" treatment protocol because he still has too many blast cells in his bone marrow. This does not mean he's not likely to be cured, but it does mean he'll get much more intensive chemo. I will post more information on his treatment when I have time.

The good news is that Ben's white blood cell count is up a lot, meaning that he is responding well to the chemo. He doesn't have to take oral antibiotics anymore, which is great because they taste awful and cause nausea. He has some sores in his mouth caused by the steroids which we'll treat with new medicine I just picked up from the pharmacy.

I'll post more later, but I need to get home to drop off the medicine (we came in separate cars), then go to work.

15 comments:

Marlene said...

Take care and big hug and kiss to everyone. I know it's a hard day, hang in there. Love you all

Kasey Thomas said...

Hi Ben,

We are working at centers and Miss Thomas told us that we could send notes to you...I hope you are feeling better! I can't wait for you to come back to play soccer with me at school! I miss having so much fun with you on the playground. I hope you're coming back to school soon=-)

Love,
Conrad Smith

Kasey Thomas said...

Dear Ben,

I hope you are feeling better soon. I will be happy when you come back to school!

From,

Effie Hirzel

Kasey Thomas said...

Dear Ben,

Feel better!

From,

Hannah Kanter

Kasey Thomas said...

Dear Ben,

I hope you feel better soon! I wish you would come back to school.

Love,

Janice Roh

Kasey Thomas said...

Hi Ben,

I hope you will come back to school soon so you can see all of your friends and teachers again! I think you are a great kid.

From,

Rachael Griswold

Kasey Thomas said...

Dear Ben,

I hope you have a great summer and I hope you feel better and I hope you come back to this school.

Love,

Justin Nakagawa

Kasey Thomas said...

Dear Ben,

I hope you get better soon!!

Love,

Rebecca Muhlheim

Kasey Thomas said...

Dear Ben,

I hope you feel better. Are you okay?

Love,

Annette Mayorkas

Kasey Thomas said...

Dear Ben,

How are you doing? I hope you feel good. I was wondering if you are still in my math group. I want you to get better real soon!!

Love,

Gracie Goldberg

Kasey Thomas said...

Hi Ben,

I hope you feel better and I hope you could come back to school. I want you to keep having fun.

Love,

Georgia Salke

Kasey Thomas said...

Dear Ben,

I miss you in school! I hope you come back next year. I hope you are feeling a little better. Maybe I could come and visit you sometime soon. My mom promised me that I could visit you. The last time she said that we would visit this Thursday. My brother and sister and my whole family say "hi"! I hope you are having lots of fun at home. I remember how nice you were to everyone.

Yours truly,

Matt Siegel

Kasey Thomas said...

Dear Ben,

I hope you feel better and I hope you come back so we can play handball, basketball, and soccer. And I want to see you for math groups too...I love playing sparkle with you and I hope you win.

Love,

Myles Morrison

Kasey Thomas said...

Hi Ben,

What are you doing? I hope you feel better soon! I can't wait until next year because then you will hopefully be better. I miss you at school!!

Love,

Avery OckoMichalak

Kasey Thomas said...

Dear Ben,

I hope you feel better!

Love,

Chase Urlik