Logan saw his doctors today for a bone marrow biopsy to determine if the chemo from round one knocked down the leukemic cells enough for a bone marrow transplant. We should get the results from this test later this week... maybe early next week.
He also had another CBC and his body is taking it's time healing from the first round of chemo. His hemoglobin was 8.6 (pretty much the same as last week) but his ANC was 160. The doctors originally told us he needed an ANC of 200 to go home so if we were going by that we would still be in the hospital. We are grateful for the little things because Logan is feeling great here at home. He has been enjoying his precious freedom to the fullest (while avoiding germs at all costs)!
In other great news... they have located a bone marrow donor for Logan! We don't know much about this person other than that the donor is a female and they needed the help from the National Bone Marrow Registry to find a match (so we are thinking international again). She is a perfect 10 out of 10 match for Logan but due to scheduling conflicts his transplant will be pushed back a week. I think his body could use the healing time anyway so we are planning radiation on September 28, 29, & 30 with 4 days of more chemo starting on October 1st and bone marrow transplant on October 5.
I am so excited to hear!!!!!! We are thinking about you guys!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a trek to find a bone marrow donor! I didn't realize they went international for these things...I figured there were more people locally who could be a match. Learn something new every day!!!
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