Help Cure Caleb- Caleb's Journey

Today Caleb Blaise started Delayed Intensification. The dreaded delayed intensification as some cancer moms refer to it as. He jumped in with both feet today. His counts were amazing for his condition yesterday. The nurses were so pleased. Everything was in the normal range for him and on the higher side, which is great - the drugs he started with today will cause them to plummet. :( Caleb attended school on his school days and had a blast. It was so nice to see his ENTIRE class supporting him with hats on Tuesday when we went in for drop off! We are both so lucky to have such supportive people surround us! It's amazing! Thursday we had to go in for labs to check counts. It was like the first time his port was ever accessed. I know I always try to tell everyone and stay so positive on this blog, but Mama lost it. Caleb was NOT happy at all going to the doctor. And I am the "mean guy" taking him all the time. I tell him this is what is making him better, but as much as h

Caleb started school yesterday. He was extremely excited about that. He was so happy to see all his old friends & teachers and make new friends in his class. He even woke up today asking to go back. He only goes two days a week, when he can during treatment. But I am happy that he is so excited to be back. It gives him a bit of "normal" back in his life, as well as a break for me also.  Caleb had a HOPE Clinic appointment today and they reviewed the next phase of treatment. He will be beginning Delayed Intensification on August 31, as long as his counts are ok. I imagine they will be, they were good last week and he's been off chemo since the 17th. So his bone marrow is recovering. Over the past two weeks lots of friends and family in New Jersey had events for Caleb. (Golf Event & Cut A Thon) I watched online as friends from my hometown, my former places of employment and friends of the family posted pictures of them or their children at the

Caleb has wrapped up his last 24 hour IV infusion of High Dose Methotrexate and planned inpatient stay. Any other stay from here on out is not planned and would be because he is sick or has a fever and low counts. All he has left of this phase is his oral chemo at home all next week and we will be sailing along into Delayed Intensification. Caleb has luckily had no chemo holds and has met counts when it at times was not even expected. He is such a little fighter and so strong. I also found out that he will no longer need to get a bone marrow test unless they suspect something because his counts are off with his routine labs. They most certainly put my mind at ease when he had awesome results, but the thought of putting him through more of those tests when not needed isn't necessary. Especially since he already has numerous puncture scars on his lower back from all the bone marrow testing he has already had in the past 5 months. 5 months? Has it really been that long already.