Here we go

After we empty all our tears, we are here starting again. Tanner received his first dose of this new chemo drug (chlofarabine) this morning, it has been a very long and hard day on him. The side effects are horrible, body aches, vomiting, chills, nausea, and the list goes on and on. I have tried to keep things very quite for him, so he can rest well. The nurses have been great, so attentive and concerned. The plan so far is this, 5 days of this chemo, count recovery (3 weeks here) and then maybe home for a week if all goes well. then another bone marrow test to see if the cancer is in remission, if so on to transplant if not another round of chemo. Many of you know that Tanner was been having some pain around his clavicle bone area, after an x-ray, ct scan, and a MRI, they found he has a cluster or nest of cancer cells, this is what has been causing his pain. The treatment is the same unless they don't go away, then there is a possibility of radiation therapy. We'll see how things go. Many have asked why the cancer came back, the reason the Doctors gave us is that we had to wait to long for the transplant, Tanner's cancer is so aggressive that 3 weeks is to long for him to go without chemo or transplant. I'm not sure if they will harvest the donor on the 5Th as planned or if they will have him reschedule are well. We are so very grateful for him and what he is willing to do for Tanner. Thank you for your love and support, love Kristi