Hope you had a great Thanksgiving! We did! It was Benjamin's first Thanksgiving and I would imagine he'd probably say however, that it wasn't so great for him! He didn't feel well and so he didn't take advantage of the yummy mash potatoes that normally would have been his favorite!
Wednesday was suppose to be the big day! The follow-up CT scan was scheduled for that morning (the 24th) but as it turns out, Benjamin woke up with a fever on Tuesday morning (the 23rd). We spent Tuesday at the hospital instead of Wednesday. After IV antibiotics and fluids and even a little oxygen too, he recovered enough to come home Tuesday afternoon. Nothing serious was found and they figured he must have had a viral infection. As a result of the fever, we had to cancel the CT scan (because they wouldn't sedate him). We were disappointed because we feel anxious to know the progress from the chemotherapy treatments. On a positive note, we didn't have to drive up to the hospital in the "blizzard" storm!
The CT scan has been rescheduled to this coming Wednesday (assuming Benjamin is healthy and well- today he has cold symptoms with a really terrible cough, as any of you who might have heard during church today!). After that, we will meet with the doctor and determine the next steps. We hope that the treatments will be reduced to every three weeks instead of every week. That is the plan IF there is enough improvement in the lesions. If not, then we will have to increase to a more aggressive treatment plan. Dr. Fluchel is optimistic. Yeah! We'll keep you informed.
Also, I wanted to inform you of a neat thing for our little guy! We have a family friend, Jackie Petersen and her friends who have decorated and donated a tree for the Festival of Trees in honor of Benjamin this year! We are so excited to see it as we know Jackie has put a lot into this tree. It is going to be an amazing tree! If you are interested in seeing it, the Festival of Trees is being held this Wednesday, Dec. 1st through Saturday, Dec. 4th at the South Towne Expo Center. Jackie also has made available some discount tickets if anyone is interested in going. The cost for them is $2.50 per child and $4.00 per adult. Of course, all the money raised there fully benefits Primary Children's Medical Center. I love the Festival of Trees and always have! (In fact, Doug and I volunteered there together on our first date!!!) We have gone almost every year in support of the Festival, but we never thought that we would be on this end of it, having a sick child who has greatly benefitted from the care at the hospital.
Let me know if you are interested in tickets. Also, we'll keep you updated this week on Benjamin and how the events of Wednesday play out! Thanks again for your continued prayers. We need them still!
