Cycle 13 December 5th - 6th

Cooper went for Cycle 13.  A blood test determines whether he can go for more chemotherapy or not.  His ANC and platelets were a little low but they wanted him anyway and so we went.  He seemed to do well.  We just got home and he is happy.  Only time will tell if he will recovery quickly from this cycle.  Lets hope for the best.  If he does recover well they plan to have him back for his last 5 day cycle on December 19th-23rd.  Hopefully he doesn't get a fever so we can be home on Christmas. 

After recovering from the last cycle of chemo he will have 2 weeks before a pelvic CT, MRI, PET scan and chest CT to make sure the cancer hasn't metastisized.  If all is good and scans are clear they will schedule a surgery to remove his central line power port.  He will be thrilled to get this out.  The plan after that will be scans and blood work every 3 months for 3 years, then every 6 months for 2 more years.  If there hasn't been a sign of cancer after 2 years of scans the chance of it coming back goes down dramatically.