The bone marrow biopsy went great yesterday. The procedure doesn't take but a few minutes and Gentry was pretty funny coming out of the local anesthetic again. We are blessed that he wakes up with no problems. Of course he was starving yesterday morning so he was pretty grumpy that he couldn't eat anything until after the procedure. Two of our favorite PICU nurses were working so they told Gentry they would order his breakfast for him and he told them he wanted chicken strips and french fries. Even though it was morning they managed to get chicken strips for him. We only have a few more days on the steroid and then Gentry should be back to not wanting to eat every 20 minutes. Dr. Rosen thinks he might have some results today but if not it will be the end of this week or beginning of next week. The good news is that the dr. thinks Gentry looks fantastic and scheduled us for a check up with him next week. We will go over all his levels (bone marrow, red & white blood cells, blood platelets) and discuss his next treatment of medicines. So no chemo this week or next week! We also see the cardiologist next week so hopefully we will be done with the heart medicine also. What a relief it will be to take a break from having to give Gentry medicine all the time. Dr. Rosen also thinks it will be good for Gentry to get back to his pre-school. The main thing we have to be careful of is other children/people with fevers. Runny noses and coughs are not a threat, especially since everyone has a runny nose right now. We just felt so happy when we left knowing we are done with the first round of treatment.

Also, I went to my OB yesterday. I have not progressed any since last week. She does not think this baby is going to come early. She is going to be out of town next weekend so that is the only time we don't want the baby to decide he is ready to get here. My official due date is Jan. 21. I will keep everyone posted! 

Happy New Year!!!!!!