July 26, 2004

Michael is still kinda tired but he is doing all right. He got a little sick this morning but we had tried during the night to give him more nutrition supplements thru the G-button than what he was used to getting. Michael hasn’t been eating very much lately and we were afraid he was starting to lose weight again. We got to the radiation appointment and all went well. This was number 16 which means he only has 12 to go! After that we went to the H/O clinic to get his chemo and have his blood drawn. We were kinda nervous about what his counts would be, but they all came back very good! PTL!!! His composite blood count was 827 and remember it needs to be above 500 so Michael was good to go. We didn’t get out of there until a little after noon and finally got home a little after 1:00 p.m. We have decided that Michael will need to have a nap everyday whether he likes it or not so he can rest and we will also hook him up to his G-button so we can try to get some extra nutrition in him. Michael has lost about 1.5 lbs. in the past week so we want to make sure he doesn’t lose anymore. His tongue is also starting to get a little sore, but they say this is side effects from the chemo. So far, we don’t have anymore sores in the mouth so we praise God for that. We added new pictures to the photo gallery so check them out while you are here.