Chemo (First Course)

Actual Update 17 Jan
Just wanted to let everyone know that Caden is finishing up the chemo portion of his first course of treatment. He will now have a recovery period. His treatment is made up of 5 courses. Each has about two weeks of different chemo drugs and then the remainder of the course is when his cell counts drop dangerously low and then hopefully recover. After this first course is done in about three weeks, we'll have a pretty good idea if the chemo is helping. If his cells recover well enough then we may have a couple of days where he may get to stay at the Ronald McDonald House. Then he'll go back inpatient for the next course. If his body does not respond to the chemo, that's when we will look at a bone marrow transplant or alternative medicine. I have had a lot of people offer to have themselves tested for a match for Caden. At this point, his likeliest matches are myself and Cameron. Other then that the dr's have advised that there is a pretty large database of caucasian donors and if it comes to that then we shouldn't have a problem finding a match. If we do, I'll let everyone know and the offers will be gladly accepted. Hopefully it never gets to that point. People have also inquired about visiting. That's fine with me as long as they have no sign of illness. His immune system is extremely weak and he is unable to fight anything off. Even a common cold could be fatal, so please keep that in mind if you are thinking about visiting and if you are sending anything please make sure not too many people have handled the item and that it is germ free.