Merry Christmas! We arrived home late last Friday afternoon. We came home to find cards, gifts, and donations! How amazing and wonderful everyone has been in supporting us! We can't thank you enough for everything you have done to make our holiday season brighter! We truly appreciate your daily thoughts and prayers!
Mia had a spinal tap and bone marrow biopsy on Christmas Eve. Everything went well except them having a difficult time getting the IV. Today we received a follow up phone call from the doctor. He wanted us to come in to get her levels checked again. He was surprised by how well the marrow looked under the microscope and was concerned that maybe it was a bad sample because they are still seeing leukemic blasts in her blood which they should no longer be see. When she was first diagnosed her marrow was 86% cancer cells and today was 5%. At this point they like it to be 0, but she is still responding and hopefully the next round will take care of that. Anyway, he rechecked her white blood count and it remains to be in the normal range which is good. He also looked at today's sample and did not see any blasts; however the sample came from a finger prick which was different from previous samples. All that being said, we are still on the right path. If the next samples continue to see 0 blasts then we are headed in the right direction. Also, the mass on her chest remains the same at this point which isn't bad. We will wait to speak with him next week as he will have the final results back from the bone marrow biopsy.
On Tuesday, she will have surgery to get her chest port. He had wanted to wait a little longer after coming off the steroids, however he wants to have a good vein to start chemo next week. Wednesday she will receive an all day chemo, because it requires lots of fluids and hydration before and after the chemo is given.
We hope your holiday season has been as blessed as ours! We received the best gift of all; celebrating as a family at home!
