Léo has been great ever since he started maintenance: completely back to himself, such a joy to see him like this! We went out to Joshua Tree National Park this weekend, our first little getaway of the year: it was much appreciated by the whole family! Léo couldn’t hold himself: “I love the desert, it’s SO fun!”. We looked for Jack rabbits and big horn sheeps, but couldn’t find any… still, we enjoyed hiking and Léo walked pretty much all the way to an oasis, which was a hike of 3 miles! He didn’t want to be carried, or even being helped walking on the rocks: he was just happily zooming ahead with Charlotte, like you will see on these pics!

Today Léo’s ANC was at 1,100, which is great. We are aware that his counts may drop at some point, but there is no new restriction and we can keep enjoying the outdoors! He goes to the park or the beach pretty much every day and he is curious about any kind of food… even salad!!! 😉

Maintenance is still heavy in a way since he has to take a lot of medications orally, but he is taking them pretty easily, which helps a lot! Next step is the Tuesday following Thanksgiving: Vincristin + LP and chemo in the spine, followed by 5 days of steroids. We will make it through! 🙂