Nicholas has a busy 24 hours ahead of him. He will will be getting platelets tomorrow before having his surgery at 9:50. This is when they will be inserting the central line to his heart and doing a spinal tap to see if the cancer is near his brain. While he is out, they will also be giving him a chemo treatment into his spine. Right now, there is big concern about germs and he has to wear a mask just to go into the hallway. He needs to stay away from anything that could compromise his health and recovery. Which means no fresh fruit,no fresh veggies,no flowers, no yogurt.. anything that could send him back a step. He is tired of being poked and prodded and wants to come home now but Donna said that the hospital has people there to entertain the kids as their immune systems start to improve.
As was mentioned yesterday, Nicholas has been diagnosed with ALL Type precurser-B. A type of leukemia (blood cancer) in which too many B-cell lymphoblasts (immature white blood cells) are found in the blood and bone marrow. It is the most common type of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Also called precursor B-lymphoblastic leukemia and B-cell acute lymphocytic leukemia. This type of Leukemia is the most easily and successfully treated form of childhood Leukemia. But will require Nicholas to stay in the hospital for 4-6 weeks mostly to avoid any type of infection. After his in-patient stay, he will be required to make intermittent hopsital stays over the next 3 years and take a large amount of drugs.
It was a fortunate occurance that Donna had brought Nicholas' bruising issue to the attention of his Dr.s this "early" Had they waited a week or so more, Nicholas would have become extremely ill.
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