#Loganstrong

Good Wednesday morning to all. Happy birthday to my wife Kelly as well! I will take this public forum to say you are an amazing wife, mother, friend and all of the above!

Logan’s ear aches were pretty bad last night. He awoke crying twice. His pain medicine worked well though and he fell back asleep. Today he is doing better. He is helping his mom wrap Christmas presents right now. We are watching him closely today because he is pretty pale today and due for a transfusion. As long as he does not get a fever we should be o.k. Tomorrow along w/ the transfusion Logan will also start a series of tests that will last two days. Hearing test, heart test, bone marrow test (this is the one where they put him under anesthesia and drill a needle into his hip bone), CAT scans for head, chest, & pelvis….I think that is all. Thank you for every ones continued thoughts and prayers!

Logan had another good day today. He had to go to the dentist to get x-rays and he did excellent! We are watching him closely because his counts are on there way down and he is looking a little pale. He is scheduled for a blood transfusion on Thursday. Tomorrow is Kelly’s birthday (Logan’s mom) so he is going to spoil her all day.

Many of you also follow Ben Townes website that is linked to ours. Please keep him and his family in your thoughts tomorrow as he goes in for his surgery to have his tumor removed.

Logan had his appointment yesterday and everything went well. If he does not get a fever then we get a little two day break from the hospital. However yesterday we did get news that they may delay his stem cell transplant. The reason for this is they are having a higher than usual amount of kids w/ respiratory infections right now. They want to get this under control before they bring Logan in and wipe out his immune system (if he got any infection while getting stem cell transplant it could be deadly). They said they will probably let us know within the week what they want to do.

Good Monday morning to all. Logan woke up this morning w/ ear aches. We gave him his pain medicine and that seemed to work. Today he has a scheduled clinic appointment in Seattle to check blood & see if he needs any transfusions. Other than that we just hope for no fevers and that we can control the pain.

We have already been to the hospital this morning. Logan had to get a scheduled shot at 9am. It is a shot of medicine that helps his white blood cells come back quicker. He slept through the night last night. This morning he had a little tummy ache but is doing great now. Tomorrow is a scheduled appointment to get his blood checked and get a transfusion if needed.

Happy Saturday to all. Let the jaw pain & ear aches begin. Logan woke up this morning w/ pain in his ear which is from the joint pain in jaw. This is a side effect of the Vincristine chemo medicine. We gave him some pain medicine and that seemed to work. Right now he is watching Mickey Mouse. Today we will continue the pain medicine all day as well as the constipation medicine since that is a side effect as well. The only catch is that the pain medicine constipates him. I asked Logan if he wanted me to type anything for him and he said to say “Thank you everyone for reading this.” & he said to tell his friend Elise “I really like the thing you sent me (Advent calender).” He also got a Build-A-Bear from Grandma’s friends the Coopers’. He is excited because it is a dressed like a Seattle Mariner. Today Logan said he is going to have a birthday party for his bear named Lucky.

We are home! Logan is doing great. Grandma & Grandpa David brought Logan home about 1pm today. He was very hyper all day because he was so glad to be home. One of the side affects of this chemo drug (same one he got in round 4) is severe constipation as well as joint pain in the jaws. We are trying to stay ahead of the constipation by giving him laxatives and it seems to be working…..if you know what I mean. We have to go back Sunday morning for a quick shot and then Monday for blood draw to see if he needs a transfusion. Hopefully tomorrow will just be a day of laying around.

Another great day for Logan. Last night w/ uncle Pat was good as well. Besides getting up every hour to go potty the night went well. Logan did not get sick at all. This morning he had a little tummy ache but then was off and going. Tonight Grandma is staying w/ him and if all goes well he should get to go home in the morning. Thank you all for your continued thoughts and prayers.

Logan had a great rest of the day today. He was, and still is, full of energy! The biggest surprise is he ate a big dinner. He had tacos and then asked for more. His nurse put in a special order for another taco for him. He also walked around w/ colored surgical tape (red for Cougars, purple for Huskies, & Blue for Seahawks) and asked nurses who their favorite team was. He then would put that tape on their finger. His favorite team was the Seahawks.Uncle Pat is staying the night w/ Logan so let’s all pray for a good night for the both of them.

Good Wednesday to all. A rough night last night. Logan was pretty sick to his tummy. We seem to have gotten the sickness under control this morning w/ nausea medicine. Last night just as he got comfortable and asleep the nurse would need to move him for a blood pressure check or temperature check. This would wake him up and he would think about his tummy and get sick. He is coloring right now as well as cutting things out. We have already taken one nap this morning and hopefully will take more.