#Loganstrong

Logan had a pretty god day considering the circumstances. So far this round is going a lot better than the last. He does not feel great but is active at least. Him, mom, and Grandma Nancy even made it down to the playroom. It is 6pm and he just fell asleep. He let me give him his shot that gets after chemo and he did really good.
Surgery is scheduled for Wednesday November 21st….gobble gobble up that tumor!

Logan is feeling pretty yucky this morning. He is getting sick about every 30 minutes. They will be keeping him another night to make sure he does not get dehydrated. Yes, we would like to be home but it is also nice to have help instantly at a push of the button. Grandma stayed with him last night and he had a really good night (sorry uncle Pat). He fell asleep at 6pm and woke up at 6am (he did awake at night just to go potty but no sickness. Chemo is done but this is the drug that lingers in his body. Today he is scheduled to get a shot at 3pm and that is it. The shot is to help his white blood cells come back quicker. Thank you so much for every ones thoughts and prayers!

Happy Sunday to all. Do not be scared by the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle. Logan had a rough night last night. Was sick about five times. One time missed the bucket so we had to do a bed change in the middle of the night. He is feeling a little better this morning. We have switched beds per his request so I am in the hospital bed and he is in the state-of-the art fold out bed….yeah right. Well I need to wrap this up because we are going to go shower. Logan is one amazing kid…last night he drew a get well picture for his 18 y/o roommate because he was not feeling so hot and then hand delivered it.

The end of another day! Logan had a pretty good rest of the day. Grandma came up to see him and we all had another paper airplane contest. I think the team of Logan & Daddy won. He gets sick to his tummy if he gets up a little to quickly. They have him on a medicine schedule now no matter how he feels. This will hopefully help w/ monitoring the nausea. Today we also had to do the weekly change of his patch that covers the hole where his Hickman Line goes into him. It is a very sterile change. Usually Logan puts up a little fight because we have to rip very sticky tape off of his skin. Today he did awesome and did not make one peep. Kelly and I are so proud to have such an amazing kid. By the way just 11 days until normalcy…..

Logan (and uncle Pat) had a rough night last night. The chemo is starting to work it’s course. Logan got sick 5 times last night. Pat did not get a wink of sleep because our 18 y/o roommate started his first round of chemo last night and had an allergic reaction. Doctor’s were in the room with the lights on from 3am to 6am. During the night as well Logan had to go potty and while he was going he said he was going to be sick. Pat went and grabbed the tub and unfortunately Logan lost it out all ends. They have been giving him laxatives, he also sneezed and fluids flew out his nose etc. Thank you uncle Pat for giving us a break.
Kelly is w/ Logan right now and she called a short while ago and said Logan is smiling and joking around. He also does not look as swollen from the fluids.
We figure if the drug hits him like the last time it should be about 14 days until some normalcy. 11 1/2 days to go…..
Team Logan Shirts are here! Remember if you want one for $20.00 to pay through pay pal as well as send me an e-mail of size and where to send it. I will get a picture to post of what they look like. They turned out great.

Day 2 of chemo….Logan got a sick this morning but since has had a good day. His face is very swollen (puffy) because they have been giving him so much liquids. He actually has gained 2lbs since yesterday…all fluids. We were up every 2 hours last night , at least, to pee. This is required so they know his kidneys are functioning o.k. If he does not go pee they wake me up to have him go. Last night was not a problem. Logan, like most males, holds it until the last minute and then screams “Potty dad, Potty!” I jump up out of bed (half asleep) and run over, lift him out of bed, grab the container, pull down his pajama’s and hope to get the container there before the fountain goes crazy. Yes 8 out of 10 times I make it. The other 2….yep I get it, the floor gets it, & the container gets some.
Logan and I have been making paper airplanes and having contests in the hall to see who can throw them the farthest. So far Logan has the record. The nurses actually set-up red lines to throw from.

Happy Halloween! The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle (a.k.a Logan Lewis) is ready to go trick-or-treating. We will get pictures to post on the blog. Logan had an appointment yesterday at Seattle Children’s and it went well. He is almost 43 pounds! This is the most he has ever weighed. We go in tomorrow to start chemo #5. We hope to be out Sunday. This is the same one he got on round #3 that made him very sick. As a parent I am just dreading having to bring him back. Our next 8 weeks will be crazy. Around Thanksgiving he will have a very serious surgery to try to remove the tumor. Once he recovers from that they will start the stem cell transplant and chemo #6. He will be in isolation (his own room) during the stem cell transplant and they estimate we will be in the hospital for 4 weeks….yes that is pretty much all of December including Christmas. Thank you all for your continued thoughts and prayers!