Friday, May 29, 2009

More Good News

All of Grant's test results came back and he has NO leukemia in his body. We had received this report earlier on Day 8. However, this time they do an additional test, minimal residual disease (MRD), which detects numbers of leukemia cells that are too small to be seen by human eyes. So, this means there is ABSOLUTELY NO leukemia. Dr. Heym has been extremely pleased with how Grant has responded to the treatment he has received. He is considered a "Rapid Early Responder". Dr. Heym was also thrilled that Grant did not have to come back to the hospital to receive antibiotics for infection since we left the hospital.
I had a very informative phone call with Dr. Heym today. After relaying all of that information to Rudy, we will be meeting with him again at Grant's appointment on Tuesday. At that point we will be making some big decisions on the next steps in Grant's treatment.
Grant seemed to show a little improvement today. He wanted to be more active and attempted much more physical activity. He was not able to do a lot of things, at least not the way he is used to, and that frustrates him. He is still really struggling with going up the stairs. But, he was busy all day and went out and played frisbee with Rudy tonight.
His appetite actually tapered off a little today. He did not devour everything put in front of him. And he actually ate very little dinner. They told us that coming off the steroids could possibly make his appetite dip lower than it was when we started all of this. We are beginning to find out that we are not going to be able to establish any kind of normal. Things are and will be continually changing. We are just going to have to try to keep up.

2 comments:

  1. What an answer to prayer!!! Nothing is too big for our God! We're so glad to hear the great news!!!!

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