Jax had a really good day! We spent some time with the physio lady again, and he had some fun (despite his reluctance) and showed signs of increasing strength in his core and leg muscles. He's taking small assisted steps, is sitting on his own, and went for another bike ride this evening. The seat was causing trouble for him as he doesn't have much padding on the rear end, so the lovely lady from the Occupational Therapy Dep't customized a cushion for his toosh. Hoping he'll venture farther on the bike tomorrow. We have another appointment tomorrow morning with O/T and Physio. He tires and gets frustrated easily, so please pray he is eager to do the games and exercises.
Things are going well on his recovery from constipation. Enough said.
We have moved out of our familiar oncology ward, downstairs to the smaller, quieter oncology ward. It's nice to know that we're no longer assigned to the room closest to the nurses' station where they could easily and carefully and very frequently monitor Jaxon in the early days of this admission.
Our Oncologist (Dr. Dix) stopped by to chat about what we can expect in the coming weeks as we move into the phase of treatment called "Consolidation". Thankfully, it's a much less intense one-month phase of his treatment. This Thursday, Jax will receive another IV dose of Vincristine (VCR) and also another intrathecal methotrexate (IT-MTX ... chemo injected into his spinal fluid). He'll get some sleepy milk for that one. If all goes well with those, we expect to be discharged on Friday. Dr. Dix wants us to stay in close proximity to BCCH until we can see him again in the clinic on Tuesday. And THEN ... we hope to hear him say that we are cleared to return to the Island for the rest of his treatment. He'll receive daily oral chemo at home, and will have 2 more weekly IT-MTX (to be done in Victoria).
Paul is planning to head home for the weekend as it's a big annual work weekend at camp that he doesn't want to miss, as long as he's not needed here. My mom will come here to spend the last few Vancouver days with me and Jax.
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