4 AM Is The New 8 AM

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Morning y'all

Morning y'all

So it would appear that Cutler now thinks that the 4am medicine call is also the time to wake up and start playing.  He slept quite well throughout the night, even including the wonderful force feeding of ambigel.  This medicine usually irritates him so much that he won’t back to sleep, but this morning it was not an issue.  However, come 4am when they started the chemo he was more than happy to get up and talk and play (see above photo) and even eat.  Should be fun to break him of this habit once he gets back home.

Got to meet the fourth and final doctor from the practice today as he came in for a visit earlier than any other doctor so far.  He actually was in the room by 8:15 and he had the usual good news.  But even better is that Cutler’s blast count is not detectable.  Blast cells would be the immature bad white cells, so that is a very good thing.  His white cell count continues to drop, which is customary for the chemo treatment and his blood count hovered near the same as yesterday.  Platelets dropped almost in half, but the doctor is not concerned.

Cutler is scheduled to undergo another spinal tap tomorrow morning.  This will hopefully be the last one for a bit as the previous tap showed that for all intents and purposes the leukemia was no longer present in the spinal fluid.  So this tap is to draw fluid one more time to validate as well as shoot just a bit more chemo in for good measure.  Not sure if we have mentioned before, but all of the bumps/lesions on Cutler do appear to be gone, yet another sign of the chemo working away.

12 thoughts on “4 AM Is The New 8 AM”

  2. This is wonderful news! Thanks for making my day. The habbit will change easily when you get home. God will watch over you all and take care of you all. He has already showed this in many ways. Love and miss you all!

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  3. Hi Frickes! Great to hear the possitive news of improvements for Cutler! He is too cute and it is so sweet to see him with such a huge smile on his face. This picture just made my day 🙂 Your sweet family continues to be in our thoughts and prayers. Much love!

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  4. Hey there, It was great to get on this morning and see good imporovements. It amazes me to look at him smiling so big that he is going thru what he is going thru…………Love to see the smiles!!!!!!
    Y’all are in my thoughts and prayers, God Bless!!!
    Wendy

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  5. Glad to here that Cutler is responding well to the treatments!!! If there is anything the Braswells can do in addition to the constant thoughts and prayers let me know. You are doing a wonderful job keeping everyone posted through this site.

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  7. Wow! Look at that smile!!! Cutler makes me laugh – I am so glad that he is doing so well; God is surely watching over him. It’s so great to come on and see all the good news. He really is “Superbaby”.

    You all continue to be in our thoughts and prayers. Cutler is a daily example of how to not only perservere but to have fun with it – and never forget to smile. 🙂

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  9. We are all still praying for Cutler at NSLC! We are going to have two different blood drives for Cutler. One will be during the week to focus on the parents of NSLC and the other one will be on a Sunday and focus on the church members! 🙂 Please let us know if there is anything else you need!!

    Tiffany Solis

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  11. We are so glad to hear how well Cutler is responding to treatment. We pray for him each day and I’m constantly being asked by Jack and the kids how he is doing. The pictures of him are adorable. It’s hard to believe from that beautiful smile that life is anything but normal. We love all of you!!

    Weezie

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