Luke here...Just got word from the BMT folks in Denver at TCH with the final stem cell collection numbers. The goal was 8 to 10 million and we got 8.7 million. The doctors are happy with that. A sample is being sent off to a lab in LA that will do a study that will tell us if the cells are clean (no neuroblastoma). Our oncs here in the Springs and at TCH all think it will be clean based on his response to treatment, but doctors aren't the type to give guarantees.
We will be celebrating Nathan's birthday tomorrow with some of his little friends. It should be a good time. He is feeling well. His counts have been up a little longer than usual between chemo cycles since we delayed a little to do this stem cell collection. He will start cycle four of chemo on Monday (his actual birthday). Monday through Wednesday will be chemo. Friday he will have a CT scan of his sinus area. He has had a runny nose since diagnosis/treatment began and the doctors want to be able to rule out infection or tumor as a cause. Many of our neurblastoma parent community at ACOR (a listserv) report that their kids had the same symptoms during treatment and that they turned out to not be infection or tumor, so that is encouraging.
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