Brian Robert & LCH: Enjoying some down time...

Saturday, July 14, 2012

Enjoying some down time...

We have enjoyed the down time this week. Brian did have his MRI on Tuesday and we still have to go back to the hospital for a skeletal survey sometime this coming week, but the week has been so calm. It has been nice. Brian ran a low grade fever last night. We were thankful that it didn't go over the 100.5 mark so we didn't have to call in. He stayed at 99.9 and 100.1. He wasn't too interested in eating either. He's been filling up on water then doesn't want food. I think we are going to have to increase his DDAVP meds for his Diabetes Insipidus.

Last night Fred and the boys built a lego set together.

Tonight the boys and I pulled out all the instruction booklets to their Duplo Lego sets and put them together. Even Ansley joined in. We love Legos. Right now Duplos are my favorite because I cannot stand stepping on small lego pieces that inevitably end up on the floor. :-)

Thank you for praying for our family.

1 comment:

nancygrayce said...: Oh, legos bring back such memories, mostly good, but the ones of stepping aren't so much! :)

So glad to see some good times for y'all.

Praying for your family is an honor!; July 15, 2012 at 7:49 AM

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Brian, BB or "B-ber"

Brian is our seven year old boy. He is the third of four children, all born in just four years. Sept 2009 Brian was diagnosed with Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis. He spent seven months on Chemo and steriods. In April 2010 we had his port removed and celebrated "no more chemo!". His treatment from May forward was oral medicine on the weekends and scans/bloodwork every three months. Brian's firt set of scans/follow up with the oncologist in July were wonderful. We didn't quite make it to his second set of scans three months later in October. In late July/ early August we started noticing suspicious bumps on his scalp and a rash on his private area. On Sept 15, 2010 we took Brian to his oncologist. That appointment revealed the possibilty of more chemo. September 21 we had a biopsy that two days later revealed that Brian's LCH was back. We immediately had surgery to implant a port and in Oct 2010 started a second journey through chemotherapy and steroids for our little Brian. In March 2011 Brian's chemo drugs were changed around as his new protocal was not working. Brian was still presenting symptoms. We went back to the original combination of drugs but this time instead of being on them six months the plan was for twelve months. Brian completed his second round of chemo March 8, 2012. Even though Brian was completing treatment, we started noticing symptoms of Diabetes Insipidus in March 2012. He was diagnosed with D.I. March 22, 2012. His new diagnosis was considered a relapse for his LCH. Brian's third round (or fourth protocol depending on how you look at it) of chemo and a totally different protocol began April 2012. He had chemo five days in a row followed by a three week break for 12 months. He completed that protocol the first week of April 2013. In July of 2013 Brian had his port removed and we were over the moon excited about NO MORE CHEMO. In October of 2013 Brian had a recurrence of symptoms. He took six months of oral chemo. In April of 2014 he had another MRI. It was decided that Brian could stop treatment. By August-September 2014 he started showing symptoms again. October 2014 we are back in Houston to see what the next step will be for treatment of Brian's LCH.