Bennett’s Dr. appt in St. Louis went good. Everyone couldn’t believe how good he looked and how his hair has grown even more! He had gained 4 pounds from last month’s appt weighing in at 128! He had his port accessed and got an iv push of the chemo vincristine. Bennett mentioned to the Dr. about his knee hurting yesterday. It bothered him when she would push on it. It doesn’t hurt him to walk on it. She said since it wasn’t showing any signs of swelling that we would wait to see if it continued to hurt before doing x-rays. We pray that his knee is better at his next baseball game or practice.

It’s that time again for Bennett to take 5 days of steroids twice a day. He will take pepcid around the clock, hopefully preventing heartburn. He took 13 methotrexate pills today too which he takes weekly. His Dr. indicated that his platelet counts are probably lowering from the methotrexate pills so if they drop to 75 or below, she will stop the weekly methotrexate pills until the platelet count recovers. His platelets were at 92 yesterday. The normal platelet range is 150 to 450.

At the clinic, Bennett had his monthly pentamadine breathing treatment to prevent pneumonia. It was good to see everyone in the clinic. It seemed like it had been forever since we had been there. A month is a long time when we were used to being there several times a week for over a year.

We had a great afternoon, we met our favorite PCA from the hospital, “crazy” Kim for a late lunch and hung out at Cabela’s together. Bennett had a fun time! She hung out with Bennett a lot during his last hospital stay playing games which he really enjoyed. Below is a couple pics.

Bennett’s baseball team had a game tonight in Herrin that we missed. Bennett has to be in school at least 1/2 day to play in a game. He hated to miss it but he is just thankful that he is able to play as much as he has. We thank God daily for Bennett’s recovery, good health, and his positive attitude!

“The only disability in life is a bad attitude.”

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