Andrew Officially in Full Remission

Andrew had a lab draw at U of M Hospital today. They were mainly checking to see if his neutrophil count was still at 1500 or above like it was at his last draw two weeks ago. His neutrophil count this time was at 2200. He has now met all criteria to consider him in full remission. This means they can start reducing his medicine.

The doctors want to keep him at his full dose(1mL twice a day) until his next visit four weeks from now. They want to make sure that his neutrophil numbers stay above 1500 during this time. After the next visit, they will start reducing his medication .1mL per dose every four weeks, and hopefully he will be completely weened off of the cyclosporine over nine months.

We leave for Andrew's Rainbow Connection trip Sunday. The limo picks us up at 5:30AM, we fly out at 8:30 to LA, and then drive down to San Diego, hopefully by dinnertime there. We have a trip Monday to the San Diego Zoo, spend Tuesday at Legoland, and head to Sea World on Wednesday. There is nothing planned for Thanksgiving except for a dinner at the hotel and a possible trip to the beach, and we fly home Friday. It should be a fun trip.