Your prayers are effective. Thank you all for standing by us. The Lord brought up Luke's ANC to 315 by Thursday morning and the Doc. said we could go home.! They think he is now on the up-swing so we even got a free pass on clinic next week, we don't have to go back until Luke's third round of Chemotherapy on Tuesday the 28th. Yay! We are keeping a watchful eye out for signs of his platelet levels getting too low (they were trending down during our hospital stay). He has a few dark bruises on his legs (which is one of the symptoms). If he gets too low, he may need to have a blood platelet transfusion.
All the kids are feeling much better now, the coughs are subsiding; but of course not until Mom was infected too. Daddy is taking somewhere around 20 vitamin C's a day (he thinks he's in the clear) .
On Thursday morning before being discharged home Luke got a fun surprise. A "Little Wish" from the Make a Wish Foundation. One of the Child Life Specialists' came in with a gift and her camera. He opened it and was overflowing with joy. It was a "Nintendo Game Boy DS"!!!! He was so excited to get home and show his brothers and sister. I told him many kind people from all over, give money to buy kids in the hospital special toys to make them feel better, Luke replied "and they waste all the money on a DS for me !?"
Luke's Journey
- Mike and Erica
- An information & update page about Luke and his family’s journey through discovery, and treatment of his tummy "bump". AKA abdominal mass.
How precious are the children!!! Luke's comment about the money spent on him is such a beautiful display of his humble spirit. We love you Luke and can't wait to see your special gift! The best gift we've received this week is the good news about you coming home. I'm glad that all the kids are feeling better too! :) Erica I'll be praying for your recovery and that Mike stays strong and healthy! Love you all and see you soon.
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If we could all be so humble. It reminds me of the verses in Matthew 18:2-4.. Then Jesus called a little child to Him, set him in the midst of them, and said, “Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore whoever humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
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Aunt Lorie