Léo was ready to start his last phase of intensive chemo before we (finally!) start the maintenance phase, probably at the end of October. His ANC was 1,200 and his platelets were at 267,000 this morning! He received a lot of chemo via his port and got his lumbar puncture (+chemo in the spine). We were there from 8 am til 2 pm! He was NPO since 8 pm last night and had to wait until noon for his procedure, but he was so patient and everything went very smoothly. We gave him a big dinner with French fries and all yesterday night and it certainly helped!! 😉

We will be going back Tuesday and Friday of next week for more chemo treatment, a little less than this morning though, one dose at a time.

One of the molecules that was administrated this morning is supposed to be cardiotoxic, but apparently, after talking to the head of the department today, there is nothing to worry about as the dose being used is very small and most kids go through it very nicely. His “cardiac reserve” was detected at 60% over the summer during his last hospitalization; this morning I was told that he started at 61% when he was diagnosed in February… so, so far so good! 🙂 It felt good to clarify this but obviously we will have to monitor this over time!

We also got the results of the lumbar puncture tonight and it came out good, like always so far, i.e. free of leukemia cells: yeah!! 🙂

Léo is in great shape; his cheeks are colorful and he is very active and playful. He gained weight over the summer and is now at 13.5 kg (29.9 pounds). He also grew a lot! He will get hit over the next few weeks obviously but apparently this phase is easier to go through compared to the last few ones. 🙂