Sunday Night 11 pm...

Brody's counts have improved tremendously over the weekend....

His ANC (Absolute Nuetrophil Count) was zero on Friday morning. On Saturday morning it was up to 120.... this morning it had jumped to 4000 (yes thousand). He did one more dose of Neupogen today (this helps your counts bounce back from chemo).... His last fever was early Saturday morning.  He has felt "ok" but is still sleeping alot of the time.

Unless he takes a big step backwards his surgery should be a go tomorrow sometime.

We hope it is a simple procedure and he isn't under anestesia too long-- the longer he is under the more at risk he is to going to the PICU- so hoping that he recovers nicely and doesn't need any breathing assistance afterwards-- his Ostomy surgery back in July put him in the PICU for 2 days-- he needed a Bi-pap for most of that to keep his lungs open....so keep your fingers crossed for that.

I (Bill) drove Geordi back up to Whitehouse this afternoon for school tomorrow-- Brody enjoyed seeing his big brother and gave him a big hug when he left.

Trish's sister Julie and her Family drove up from Tennessee this weekend and Brody did enjoy seeing his cousins Ella, Ava, & Lilah,  Aunt Julie, and Uncle Jason....

We finally got a room in the Ronald McDonald house- so Jaden can stay up here.

Not alot else going on.... hoping to get out of here later this week if all goes well.

Bill