ANC's up to 500

Whew! Alex is cleared to go to the basketball game with Eric tonight - with his ANC's climbing - we'll be able to start the next round of Chemo tomorrow. It's a long day - so no school :(

We go in tomorrow at 9am to start hydrating - he needs to be hydrated for a few hours, and then the Cytoxan is administered over 1/2 hour, then he needs another few hours of hydration before he can go home. I'm bringing lots of books, and his little laptop and Leapster game system - anything to keep him engaged while he is stuck to the IV pole.

Grandma Diana will watch Tessa-Lynn while we are at the hospital for most of the day - I certainly don't know how we could do this without all the help from our family and friends!

We have this *huge* spreadsheet for all the medical bills from 2008 - it literally took me about 10 hours to get everything entered just to see what the insurance company paid correctly, and what needs to be re-submitted. Every time I get overwhelmed with all of it, I just remember, that we are lucky to have insurance!