Chase went into surgery at 4:45 this afternoon after waiting all day for them to take him. Before that happened, he had a small blood transfusion to increase his red blood cell, a platelets infusion, and several other medicines in preparation for the procedures that he would have.
There were four things they did today:
1) They inserted a chest catheter with two lines so they could both simultaneously draw labs (blood samples) and give chemo therapy or other meds.
2) Did a spinal tap to test his spinal fluid for Leukemia cells.
3) Did a chemo treatment on his spinal fluid. The reason why his spinal fluid has to be treated separately is because the chemo treatment will not filter into that fluid. Leukemia cells can "hide" in the fluid and re-emerge later causing a relapse if they aren't treated.
4) They took some bone marrow from his hip to see what the "baby" Leukemia cells look like. Apparently, that's where the new cells are generated from oddly enough. They also took a small bone sample as well.
They are talking about possibly giving him his first chemo treatment tonight. His reaction to the chemo could be anywhere from mild nausea to severe. I'm praying that he will handle this treatment well and they are already administering meds that will proactively take care of that reaction and some others.
Thus far, everything has gone smoothly. I was just told by his attending nurse, that an AFLAC nurse will be coming in tonight at 9pm to administer his first chemo treatment, so please be praying for the best case scenario for him regarding any reaction he might have.
Again, thank you from the bottom of my heart for your prayers and well wishes. I can't begin to express how much they mean to all of us!! I will be reading your responses to Chase and I'll see if he's up to dictating an update.
God Bless all of you!
Caroline
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