Well, it seems that the Christmas celebration we had hoped for isn’t in the cards this year. Last night, Clare and I ended up in the ER after she had a coughing/wheezing fit and couldn’t catch her breath for around 30 minutes. Thankfully, by the time we got there and were seen, she was doing much better…

Clinic update: Hudson and I went to clinic today for his sedated auditory brain response test and a clinic visit. First for the amazing news - Hudson’s hearing is still completely normal and his test was “beautiful” according to the audiologist!

Update on Hudson: After the neupogen shots all last weekend, Hudson’s ANC skyrocketed and was 196,000 on Monday. His platelets and RBCs were also both up on Monday. So we stopped the shots, and he had a good week hanging with grandma and grandpa while I worked a few days.

Clinic Update: Hudson and I went to STL for clinic today. Everyone was happy to see him and excited to see how great he looked! His platelets and RBCs were above his transfusion level. However, his ANC fell to 695, so we are starting him on neupogen shots again and will recheck labs on Monday at St. Francis.

CHEMO ROUND 4/TRANSPLANT ROUND 2 ✅💪🏻 We are HOME! Hudson and I made it home around 6:30 this evening, thanks to the intercession of Mary and our guardian angels working overtime!

Happy Thanksgiving to all of our family and friends! I’ll start with an update - Hudson is doing well today. On Monday he started off the week feeling very puny. His ANC was 0 and he spiked a fever, was battling nausea/vomiting, and didn’t want to do much activity at all. Thankfully, he has slowly started to feel better this week, and he finally showed some ANC recovery - 98 yesterday and up to 678 today!