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Archive for April, 2007

April 30, 2007

Monday, April 30th, 2007

The official word from Children’s San Diego on the MIBG is that Sam’s disease is stable – though the doctors say that the uptake is not visible on the computer screen at all.   Sam is at school today. He missed three days last week but was cheerful this morning on his way. He was […]

April 26, 2007

Thursday, April 26th, 2007

The roller coaster of scan week has not dissapointed. Since I know everyone is waiting for this part, I’ll start with the fact that the MIBG looked good to us this morning. We think we are either stable or better either of which we’ll take. The official report is not back yet though so we […]

April 16, 2007

Monday, April 16th, 2007

Playing the Lottery   My grandmother played the lottery every week. “Margy,” she’d say, “I have all the money I’m going to win parceled out to every family member, I have all the trips I’m going to take planned out and I’m ready to go shopping if my numbers come up.” I continue the tradition […]

April 12, 2007

Thursday, April 12th, 2007

SHED THOSE UNWANTED POUNDS!! LOSE UP TO SIX POUNDS IN ONE WEEK!! No messy powders or terrible tasting pills! No exercise required! No difficult menu planning! It’s THE SCAN WEEK DIET. You don’t need any expensive exercise machines or books for this diet. All that is required is that you have a child with cancer […]

April 11, 2007

Wednesday, April 11th, 2007

Quick update to yesterday’s post. Numbers were all pretty good: ANC 1300 Red Blood: 10 Platelets 96 They didn’t do a chem panel so I don’t have an LDH. We did do an HVA/VMA and we should have that back within a few days. During Sam’s doctor check for the MRI he told the nurse […]

April 10, 2007

Tuesday, April 10th, 2007

The boys had a wonderful Easter. The Easter Bunny left them an egg treasure hunt to their baskets. Sam loves the treasure hunt every Easter and as he was going to bed the night before, he was trying to guess where the Easter bunny might leave each map and where he would ultimately find his […]

April 10, 2007

Tuesday, April 10th, 2007

The boys had a wonderful Easter. The Easter Bunny left them an egg treasure hunt to their baskets. Sam loves the treasure hunt every Easter and as he was going to bed the night before, he was trying to guess where the Easter bunny might leave each map and where he would ultimately find his […]

April 3, 2007

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007

Number update: Yesterday’s LDH: 567 (better) Last Week’s VMA 8.1 (very normal) HVA 10.6 (just above normal but we’ll take it) Weight 20.8 kilos (woohoo! That’s almost 46 pounds -more than Sam has ever weighed in his life) We are on day two of chemo and since it’s Spring break for Sam and Andy we’re […]