Nov 17

Nothing much to report as we near the 4th round in this cycle. The last two weeks have been good ones for Clay with little side effects and overall good blood counts. We are looking forward to a two week break after this week's treatment; however, this break involves an MRI. Early morning update: we are now trying a sticker chart to stop the 5 a.m. wake ups which are getting very old (particularly for JD who is Clay's morning companion). We bought a birdhouse clock where bird singing is the alarm -- but apparently Clay wakes up and stares at the birdhouse for as long as he can, then comes into our room and says "the bird is NOT singing!" Any ideas for keeping a child in their room at least until 6?!