Another Round at Beaumont

Today was interesting. Andrew, Chris, and I all ended up back at Troy Beaumont because Andrew spiked a fever around 3:30 this afternoon. This exact same thing happened about 10 days ago. Luckily, I was home because of Winter Break. Andrew's fever was 102.7. We called U of M and they told us to, once again, bring him into the nearest hospital. The doctors at Beaumont took good care of Andrew. The procedure is pretty much the same; Tylenol and Motrin to reduce the fever, blood draw from the port, influenza swab, chest x-ray, and an antibiotic. Once all those details were taken care of, we were able to come home. So Andrew is snug in bed. Hopefully, this was the extent of his virus and the fever doesn't come back. We will see how tonight goes.

Some Good News and Some Bad News

On Friday, Chris took Andrew to U of M for a checkup. The results from Andrew's blood work showed that his numbers have stayed the same from last time. Therefore, Andrew's medication has been reduced a little bit more. So we are steadily in medication reduction mode.

This was the good news.

Now for the bad news. Last night, Saturday, Andrew was spending the night at his grandparents house. We received a phone call around 9:00 that Andrew had a temperature of 102 degrees. We called the on-call oncologists at U of M and she told us we needed to take Andrew into the nearest ER. Chris met my mom at Troy Beaumont. At this point, the on-call doctor at U of M had contacted Troy Beaumont, so they knew Andrew was coming. When Andrew arrived, he had a temperature over 104 degrees. He tried taking some Tylenol, but threw up right afterwards. Andrew was brought to a room where they ran a series of tests. They tested his blood, port, and urine for different infections. They also tested for influenza. All tests results came back negative. Therefore, they determined that Andrew is trying to fight off a virus. The doctor gave Andrew some antibiotics through his port and then we were able to come home. Andrew woke up the next morning with a fever, so we have been treating it with Tylenol and Motrin. Andrew has been resting all day. Hopefully, he will feel better tomorrow!

Andrew Goes to a Red Wings Game

On Friday, February 4th, Andrew was invited by Lakeshore Energy (the group who sponsored his 'wish')to watch the Red Wings game from their suite. Andrew had an awesome time. When he arrived, the representative from Fox Sports gave Andrew a bag of Red Wings items, including a signed picture from Drew Miller (Andrew's favorite player). During the National Anthem, Andrew and Chris were able to stand by the Zamboni entrance and watch Karen Newman sing. When she was done, she stopped to take a picture with him. They also gave Andrew a practice puck right off the ice. After the first period, Dino Ciccarelli visited the suite and Andrew got to meet him. Even though the Red Wings lost the game, Andrew still had a great time!

Our 100th Post!

This is our 100th post and it comes with great news. Andrew's medication reduction has been going well. His numbers are as follows: hemoglobin-11.4, platelets-177,000, white blood cells-2.7, and ANC-1.5. These are all really good numbers for Andrew. They have held since his last blood draw. We take Andrew back to the doctor on February 11th. If the numbers are similar, then we can continue reducing his medication.