The Beginning of Round 2

So Monday was Mason’s first day back at CHOP. He started his second round of chemotherapy that night. While I do wish he could have stayed home for a few more days, I’m glad he’s back. The sooner he starts and finishes each round of chemo, the sooner he comes home for good. That day is the most important day of all.

Originally, his new room was on the same floor, but the opposite side. This room was smaller than the last one, and apparently, there was only room for Mason to sleep in it. As we all know, my mom spends virtually every night in the hospital with Mason. All she had in that new room was a couch to sleep on. Of course that had to change. My mom and Mason got moved to another room around 11:30 that night. This room is bigger than the first one we were in!! I told Mason tons of sleepovers await us over Spring break, and it is definitely going to be a good time.

We did, however, get some not so good news on Monday. The immediate test results that he got on Thursday saying his leukemia cells were gone revealed a different prognosis than that of the results from the more extensive look at his cells sent all the way to Seattle. Those test results found more leukemia cells than they found in the quick look on Thursday. With the results of the extensive test came the news that yes, Mason will in fact need a bone marrow transplant. Sometime soon, Morgan, Parker, and I will get tested to find out if one of us is a match. We have to get approval for the test first because it is pretty expensive, and they want to make sure that they’re not testing us for no reason.

We have been thrown yet another curve ball, but I think we all agree that Mason knows how to hit them out of the park. We know he’ll be fine, and we know that these bone marrow transplants are very successful. There will be a bit of recovery time for both Mason and the donor, but I know that I believe that in these transplant cases, the recovery, even if it’s bad, is nothing in comparison to what you have done for the recipient.

Every day I’ll be praying that we find a match for Mason, and I hope that all of you will be as well. I pray for all of the kids suffering in similar situations. We’re keeping our heads up and Mason especially is being positive. He’s the most positive out of all of us, and he’s honestly the greatest inspiration we could ever ask for. Sorry it took so long for this post to go up. Hopefully the next one won’t take this long!