Gaining Ground

A lot has happened in the last week! Oliver is out of the ICU and back in Cancer Care. His respiratory needs are significantly less and he is breathing comfortably with little support. He had his first full dose of chemo on Wednesday and has tolerated it well. The most exciting news is that Oliver hasn't had a platelet transfusion in over 3 weeks and his platelets were at 75,000 today! Yesterday they were at 37,000 so he must have been busy making platelets all night last night ;) Oliver's IL-2 is almost normal now, and his ferritin (iron) is FINALLY measurable! In 3 months of testing Oliver's ferritin level has always been so high that the machine reading it can't even give it a number...the machine measures up to 10,000-a normal level for an infant is is between 25 and 200. Also, we are much closer to transplant than we thought...Oliver has to be at least 4 months old to get the bone marrow transplant, and he will be on May 28th. We have our first appointment to discuss all things transplant on Tuesday.

We are really excited about these positive changes for Oliver! He is continuing to entertain all of us with his smiles and the sparkle in his eyes!