Happy Birthday Mac!! Yikes, there's a teenager in the house! I told Mac that I have the authority to not promote him on to the next year if I don't think it's time yet! (He doesn't think that is very funny.) I love the tshirt he got last year at St. Jude - the one that says "A star was born today"... if I can dig it out, I may make him wear it!

His labs this week at Children's were ok. His platelets have dipped again, below 100K, so I have to watch him a little closer. Hemoglobin still in the 9's. We're still hovering. Everyone tried to tell us this was a long, slow process, but really?!! This is trying my patience. I wish there was cure for bone marrow failure. A magic pill that makes it work full force again!

We have Mardi Gras fun coming up and we'll do labs again mid-March in Memphis. Thanks for checking in with us and keeping up those prayers. We are very thankful for you!

January was very busy for us and passed so quickly! Mac did labs at NO Children's Hospital in the middle of the month, and everything was down a bit. Then we went to Memphis at the end of the month, and counts were up a bit. The roller coaster ride continues! I get worried that everytime they're down we're going to hear the Bone Marrow Transplant enter the picture again, but so far, that hasn't happened. We have heard more than once "the bone marrow takes a long time to recover." So it's the status quo for now, as far as medicines are concerned. This is definitely a test of our patience!!

Hope you are all doing well and surviving the cold weather if you are affected. Down here, it's Carnival time! King cakes, parade plans... It's a fun time to be in New Orleans!

That's about it for now. Thanks for checking in and praying for Mac and his sluggish bone marrow!