Day 17

Hi Everyone,

It's a rainy day over here at the hospital today. We are just lounging around watching TV. Charlie is very anxious about going home. He doesn't want to give his hopes up, but is thinking he will go home tomorrow. Today they took out Charlie's PICC line. He was complaining that it was itchy and a little red so they removed it. He now has an IV line in his hand. Charlie's counts are continuing to rise everyday. His white blood count is still very low and needs to rise before he can come home. He is no longer receiving fluids through his IV and needs to remain hydrated on his own. It's still so crazy that Charlie has cancer. He has been so positive through all of this and even jokes around sometimes. We are not sure how well the next round of chemo will go. We hope his body reacts the same way. He hasn't been too sick and has had a good appetite. I was mistaken earlier when I said Charlie was done with his chemo pill. He is currently taking it now. Right now we are continuing to hope and pray that Brad and Jeff are matches for his bone marrow transplant. There is a 45 percent chsnce thst one of them will be a match.We still don't know much about it, but know they will test them soon. I will keep the updates coming as I know more. Hopefully tomorrow I will be writing from home with Charlie! Until tomorrow, good night!