It’s been a couple of months since I have update, but just remember no news is good news. CJ’s last couple of clinic appointments have gone well. The only changes that have been made is that one of CJ’s chemo pills the dose was increased. The reason for this is that he grew an inch in a month. He has tolerated the change just fine with no side effects.
CJ has made it through his first full year of maintenance without any hospital stays. During his treatment he has six months of intense chemo, two and half years of monthly chemo through his port, along with daily medicines during maintenance, and then five years of observation, before he is considered cancer free.
At home CJ has started kindergarten. He really likes school and his new teacher. He has been learning new words every week, and reading more and more. He loves to learn new things, and even likes doing homework.
We also got to use CJ’s zoo passes that he got from being good at clinic. Both he and his little brother loved the zoo. CJ says his favorite animal was the giraffe. It took so long to go since we were waiting for it to cool off before we went. We got to see the monkeys playing, the lion roared for us, and even the gorilla posed for a picture. It was a good day.
