Today marks 3 weeks since Mac's last blood transfusion! That's the longest he's gone since we started this whole thing! There were times in the ICU when he was getting platelets twice a day and red blood every other day, so you can understand our excitement! His bloodwork shows signs of a few reticulocytes. He will probably need a transfusion tomorrow (definitely platelets, maybe both), but the goal of this treatment is for the transfusions to be spaced farther and farther apart until he is finally transfusion free. (Red blood cells will come after the ANC and platelets are last.) We're getting there! His ANC continues to move up. He still has a few weeks left on his steroid as the tapering is very slow. It'll be nice to see his cheekbones again!

For those of you who are following our progress, Team MacAttack has raised more than $23,000 and it's still going up! We're in 5th place overall right now, but I think we'll be in 4th before too long. And it's all thanks to you! St. Jude is an amazing place and Mo & I plan on supporting them for a long time in the future. You can't put a price on the life of a child!!

We are also very excited to have Peter and Annie come spend Thanksgiving with us. (Mac said he was getting a little bored with just his parents.) Our Labor Day weekend was kind of a bust, so we're really looking forward to being together and having some fun!

That's it for today. Thanks for checking in and praying for us!