An Update on Sean's Health

So the last few weeks have become pretty challenging for Sean physically. The chemotherapy a few weeks back was very grueling and in the end it took away all of his bone marrow which made his blood counts drop. In all actuality that is a good sign as that means that the chemotherapy is starting to work and take its course. This is called the "induction stage". To help increase the white blood cells Sean's Dad gave him daily shots (for up to 7 days) until they saw an increase in the white blood cells. Last Friday Sean received his first platelet transfusion which left him feeling pretty good for Friday and Saturday. This past Sunday was a little nerve wracking as Sean started to develop a fever. Fevers are something which are taken VERY seriously as his body doesn't have the ability to fight infections so this means anything over 101* he is to be brought to Tufts Hospital in Boston immediately where they will give him the appropriate treatments to help with fighting infections. Turns out the fever which never reached over 99.8* was his body rebuilding the blood cells and bringing his counts back up. Phew - sigh of relief! Next Tuesday (3/25) Sean will be admitted to the hospital for another tough four day round of chemotherapy - this will entail staying overnight until at least Thursday. If you would like to learn more about Sean's cancer, Lymphoblastic T-Cell Lymphoma check out http://leukemiaandlymphomasociety.org. Takes a bit of looking around but there is some good information on it.

Sean's attitude has stayed positive ~ even when he is soooo tired he has that smile on his face - and the hair, yeah that is completely gone BUT truthfully he is one handsome Mr. Clean! Keep up the good attitude Sean we are all behind you!