Well, this past year of Titus' treatment has gone smoothly. April of 2013 he had to have his port replaced, ever since he has been fairly healthy; no ER visits, and counts have been more or less stable.
For all of this we are extremely thankful.
At his last routine visit for treatment back in March, his counts were great. A month later, his hemoglobin and platelets and eventually his ANC dropped, the lowest we have seen his hemoglobin drop since intense treatment. His Dr. believes that Titus' marrow is more sensitive to his chemo than the "normal" (whatever that means), his platelets and hemoglobin have always run a bit lower, but never at a concerning level during maintenance. We are now beginning our second week of him being on a chemo hold and as of Wednesday, his counts were slowly beginning to rebound. We go in and have labs checked again this coming Wednesday, and will begin chemo again at a lower dose.
Dr. isn't wanting to hold his chemo any longer if we can help it. At this point, the goal of his daily and weekly home chemo doses is to not only destroy any remaining cancer cells, but to also keep his marrow suppressed enough that it won't create more. The longer he isn't receiving his meds, the higher the risk for relapse at this point - so while his body needs this break, it is slightly nerve wracking.
At last check his hemoglobin was 6.9, up from 6.7, and platelets were 47,000, down slightly from 51,000 the previous week. He has been acting as if everything were fine, not overly tired, although he is bruising more than his usual.
At this point we are praying for his body to recover enough this week so we can restart his meds, and would appreciate your prayers as well!
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