Mac finished his steroids on Monday. Everyone is watching him closely - especially his kidneys. It will still be a while before his puffiness goes down. Maybe we'll see cheekbones for Christmas. We were hoping to go home for Christmas, but he's still too transfusion dependent, so Peter and Annie will come here for their whole vacation. Mac's ANC has been trending slightly downward this week, so we are watching that as well. We are two months in to this treatment and they will evaluate the trend at 3 months. But today the BMT was thrown out again, just to be prepared. I am a little bummed, but everyone is still hoping we won't have to go there. But if things look bad in January, they will have all their ducks in a row and we can get started right away. (I mentioned he could stay on the steroid until he goes to college as far as I was concerned.... puffy cheeks and all!)

Time for the big prayers again! Thanks for checking in with us.