Spring Break!

The dropping blood counts still remain a mystery! JT’s platelets held steady at 17k, but his red & white blood cells are continuing to drop. We are scheduled to go back on Friday for a bone marrow biopsy. They want a closer look at his blood, not looking for anything in particular, but rather making sure they are not missing anything.

He’ll also get a platelet transfusion and a new medication, Neulasta, to boost his counts. In the past, he has used Neupogen, but the Neulasta stays in the blood stream longer and only requires one shot. This is good because we are scheduled to go to Hilton Head for Spring Break. The Doctors were him-hawing on whether we should go, but I told them there would be anarchy in the Webster house if I had to cancel this greatly anticipated trip!

As it is, Jim was supposed to take this much needed family vacation, but was instead “ordered” back to Wisconsin full time. Hilton Head will still be fun and relaxing, but it won’t be the same without him. It’s funny how we coasted along for a month only to have this blip in the radar show up the week JT returns to school and right before we go on our first vacation in almost two years! Poor kid to have to go through all this less than 24 hours we are scheduled to leave! I plan on keeping him doped up on pain pills for the 6 hour drive on Saturday and then it will be a week of total rest and relaxation for all of us!

Thanks for checking in. Hope you are doing something fun for your Spring Break as well!

xo - Sabrina