Day -3: A Good Night

We've gotten our days and nights a bit turned around. AJ had a better day today (Friday). The side effects were not as severe and he didn't sleep as much. Still, he didn't really wake until 6:00pm. His platelets were low so he was also transfused today with platelets between the ATG and Cytoxin. This evening he was still quite nauseous, but in good spirits. He hasn't eaten a thing in two days but the doctors have told us that this is normal.

Tomorrow marks the end of his chemo treatments. Sunday is, aptly, a day of rest and he will not receive any chemo. This allows his body to rid itself of the toxins so they don't interfere with Austin's marrow when it is transplanted on Monday. Although this will give us a bit of rest, the doctors have warned that the post transplant period will continue to be a long roller coaster ride of highs and lows.

That being said, it has been hard to schedule any particular time for AJ to try and video chat with his friends. We have him set up on Skype, which we have been using to chat with his brothers. So if you see the icon to the menu on the right (below the photos of Seattle) indicating he is online, than he can chat otherwise he can't. Please understand (and explain to the kids) that he may need to abruptly end calls. So we'll give it a try. If it works, great, if not....we gave it a try.

One last thing, if you search for him on Skype, be warned he is the AJ Revera at Vanderbilt Children's. If you choose the other, you may end up having a video call with Pop-Pop.

-Greg