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A New Day!
Well- It has been quite a busy week around here with All Star practice for Drew and fundraising in full swing for Trevor and Steamboat Springs! Trevor, (Drew and Ted too), have all benn fighting head colds/coughing. Ted and Trev seem to be the worst and Trevor at age 11 has still yet to learn [...]
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GOOD MORNING! WELL—
WE WENT TO CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL YESTERDAY
AND GOT TO SEE DR. CHANG.
GOOD NEWS/SAD NEWS:
GOOD NEWS, WITH TREVOR’S PLATELET NUMBERS DROPPING FROM 55 TO 44, DR. CHANG DOES NOT SEE TO BE ALARMED. IN FACT- HE WANTED TO STOP THE CYCLOSPORINE ALL TOGETHER AS HE FEELS THAT IF IT WAS GOING TO WORK, [...]
WELL, WE HAD A BLOOD DRAW YESTERDAY AND TREVOR’S PLATELET COUNT, THE ONE THE DOCTORS ARE CONCERNED WITH WENT FROM 38K TO 55K IN ONE WEEK. THIS HAPPENED LAST TIME WHEN WE STARTED THE CYCLOSPORINE AND THEN IT WENT BACK DOWN. THE CHANGE FROM 50 MG 2X A DAY TO 100 MG 2X A DAY [...]
WELL- I AM WRITING IN RED BECAUSE IT IS A COLOR THAT MAKES ME HAPPY!
WE SAW DR. CHANG’S ASSISTANT AT THE HOSPITAL TODAY AND WE ALL DECIDED TOGETHER THAT IN ORDER TO TRY TO GET TREVOR WITH A HEALTHY PLATELET COUNT FOR AUGUST, (THE WORLD SERIES,) IT WOULD BE BEST TO RAISE HIS MEDS FROM [...]
Trevor has been having quite a few headaches this past week. Not sure if he is overly tired from all the end of the year school activities, growing or just not feeling well. It’s been a struggle to keep it together and not get to worried. We see Dr. Chang on Thursday for a ‘possible’ [...]
WELL, THINGS ARE LOOKING
A BIT BETTER THIS WEEK!
TREVOR HAD A BLOOD DRAW WEDNESDAY AND THINGS SEEM TO BE A BIT BETTER WITH PLATELET COUNTS GOING FROM 42K TO 49K.
HIS REC TEAM LOST THEIR SECOND PLAYOFF GAME
(NO SURPRISE THERE)
SO THAT TEAM IS DONE FOR THE SEASON. DREW’S TEAM WON THEIR FIRST GAME AND WE [...]
WELL- NUMBERS CAME BACK LOW! THEY ARE AT OR LOWER THAN WHERE WE STARTED 4 WEEKS AGO WHEN WE WENT BACK ON THE CYCLSPORINE. HIS ANC, WHICH HELPS FIGHT OFF COLDS AND INFECTION, DROPPED DRAMATICALLY, FROM 1500 TO 1080. IF IT CONTINUES TO FALL, NO MORE SCHOOL. UNDER 1000 AND DR. CHANG IS NOT LETTING [...]
IT IS SO HARD NOT TO BE EXCITED!
TREVOR’S NUMBERS WENT UP TODAY. AFTER BEING SICK LAST WEEK AND ALL, HE MANAGED TO RAISE HIS BLOOD NUMBERS. HIS PLATELET COUNT WENT FROM 42K TO 52K. DR. CHANG TOLD US NOT TO SEE ANY SORT OF CHANGE FOR 4-6 WEEKS ON MEDS THEN MAYBE AN INCREASE [...]
Well- we started the meds last Wed. night and Saturday Trevor was throwing up the whole day. He felt better Sunday and was back throwing up again on Monday. We were trying everything imaginable trying to calm him tummy down. Dr. Chang and I were texting each other back and forth Saturday. Well-Drew started throwing [...]