Busy, Busy Day!

1) Dentist: x-ray shows that the two baby teeth in the front do not have much of a root, so we can try and wiggle them out ourselves. My neighbor is a dentist, so she will pull them for free if we need her too. :D We like free...a lot! I am still so amazed how quickly his two permanent teeth are coming in behind the baby ones! I would get a picture if I could, but he barely lets me look at them. I might be able to scan his x-ray later...

2) Oncology clinic: Ethan's counts were wonderful and his IgG levels were fantastic as well! *Thank you God!!!* We can stop his Dapsone after tonight (a med to keep him from getting a nasty pneumonia that he has taken for 3 years- Leukemia treatment is officially OVER). Ethan will still go in once a month for a long time to check his levels, but overall, he is just doing wonderfully!

3) Surgery consult: *sigh* The nissen is closer than ever to becoming a reality. The surgeon wasn't as rushed to see about it getting done UNTIL he saw the most recent pH probe results that show significant reflux while on meds. I am going to talk with our geneticist first before making any major decisions. We just really do not want to put Ethan through a surgery if he just needs his body to recoup after chemo. We just aren't sure how much time we will need to give him. We should be able to have his port removed at the same time if he does go through with surgery, so that will hit two birds with one stone. The port removal will be a big thing for me. It will be great for him to not have that thing in his chest, but it is still frightening to me to have it taken out...

See...busy day!