02.12.2024

Last Monday, February 5th, we received the amazing news that Zeke's bone marrow showed no leukemia cells. This puts us in the super favorable outcome category, with the easiest of the hard paths of cancer. The road ahead is still long, with 6 more months of weekly chemo, followed by two years of monthly maintenance. 

Sadly, our rejoicing was quelled with a trip to the ED on Friday because of a high fever. After six hours and multiple tests, he was sent home only to be called back in for hospital admission on Saturday morning. They found bacteria in his blood and believed it was a line infection. We were admitted with the hope that it was a false positive and a belief that we would be out of the hospital in 48 hours. Unfortunately, further testing revealed that it was in fact a blood infection, with a bacteria that requires ten days of IV antibiotics. Our scheduled release date is February 20th, pending any more positive samples, which will add days onto our stay. 

We feel the tension and frustration but are ultimately resigned to the whiplash that is childhood cancer. We are alternating days at the hospital and days with the girls, as well as days going into work- continuing to fit cancer into our lives, not fit our lives into cancer. 

We will claw our way to some sense of fake normalcy if we have to. 

Our prayers:
-That Bryson and I would remain connected, despite the week and a half apart.
-That we would have no more positive blood cultures and be allowed to go home on the 20th.
-We are also starting consolidation, which includes IV chemo and oral chemo, we are praying Zeke's body handles the chemo well and it doesnt rob him of the ability to walk, again. 

So much gratitude and love,
Sarah