Party at Chemo Today

Here is the sweetest picture of the kids that were getting their chemo today.
From the left, Derrick, Alejandro, Grace, Jordan and Jack.
Jack had chemo today, and I could not believe my eyes when I got the copy of all of the counts for his blood work. His ANC was 4273. I think I literally blinked my eyes and shook my head from side to side thinking that I needed to refocus my eyes. I am not a doctor ofcourse, but to have his counts go from a meager 11, 2 weeks ago tomorrow, to 4273 today, is very bizarre. It is amazing how our body works and how quickly things can go from good to bad, then right back to good again. I am very excited about how high his counts are right now. Nurse Sara told me that today was the midpoint of chemo, half over.
It has been so fun to tell about Jack's good news from Dr. Bowers yesterday in Dallas. We are so blessed to have so many wonderful friends who rejoice with us when we rejoice and also have cried with us when we cry.
Today at chemo we started out with just Derrick, Jack's friend in the treatment room, before long the other kids joined in to watch some Scooby Doo! These kids are so much fun to watch, they are such a blessing to be around.
One more doctors appointment this week, tomorrow with Dr. Bowman the oncologist from Cook's. I am supposed to call Nurse Sara tomorrow to see if Jack can skip his appointment as he has been examined this week at Children's and last week at Cook's, might be a bit of overkill to examine him one more time in the same week, but we go with the flow, so if that is what we have to do, that is what we do. Although it would be nice to have Jack attend a full day of school tomorrow!
I am glad also to report that Jack now is in the two weeks off chemo part of his rotation. We will have blood draws each Thursday, but no chemo for 2 weeks, aaaahhhh, that feels good.
Tremendous thanks again for keeping up with Jack and our family, we are humbled to be a part of Jack's journey and so grateful for the blessings along the way. The journey is full of long strait roads, rocks, mountains that seem impossible to climb, it is those times we hop on board those Eagles wings that soar right over the mountain without even looking down. Each thrill and every tear has brought us closer to the Master. What a wild ride.