Good news first…white cell count was up to 400 this morning.

Bad news…none!  🙂

Cutler is still having the occasional pains that require pain meds, but in a sick way it is a good thing that he is experiencing the pain as the staff believes this is a sign of the new marrow starting to work and the white cells are further proof.  It isn’t that often that he needs it, but there are definitely times that it is required.

The doctors have stopped one of the antibiotics he has been on and as the cells continue to grow we will be stopping the celsep, which is one of two meds to help fight off GVHD (graft versus host disease).  Over the next several weeks is when the GVHD could start to hit.  As the wise old Dr. Goldman tells me, there is no GVHD without the G.  So now that the grafting appears to be working, we start moving into the GVHD territory.  Just another milestone that Cutler will work through in his continued battle over this nasty cancer.

Cutler is continuing to enjoy eating the different baby foods that we bring him, but still no interest in the bottle.  He even likes to drink fruit smoothies from the straw, but I have now been told that it isn’t a good idea so we will stick to baby food for now.  He also continues to play hard the majority of the day, but usually by the evening the picture below represents his favorite activity.