upswing

Ethan was feeling much better today thankfully. As of tonight it has been 24 hours since he has had a fever and it seems his appetite improved a little bit today - all good signs. His team would have potentially been okay with sending us home today but after the week Ethan has had with 3 trips to the hospital for the same symptoms and a fever that has come and gone - we agreed that we would stay in the hospital for one more day just to make sure that he doesn't spike another fever, which would have just sent us right back to the ER.

He is also already scheduled to have 2 IV chemos tomorrow and since his counts are good (over 3400 today) they still plan to go ahead with the chemo even though he is fighting these infections. The plan right now is to hopefully get both chemos done in the morning and then be able to be discharged so that we can go home and (rest) but most importantly celebrate Ethan's 4th birthday!!!

Thank you all for covering us in so much prayer! And for our army here who immediately sprang into action once we were admitted, offering coffee runs, meals, help with Betsy, watching Eloise, getting our house wiped down - it's humbling to be served by you all and we are so grateful.

I can hardly believe that my boy turns 4 tomorrow - pray we get to really celebrate. Now that he's starting to feel better, he's getting excited. :)