Today is the day that Sebastian's Chemotherapy began. He was put on ALL-BFM 2000 Protocol. The drugs are the same drugs used in USA but the dosages vary. In USA one dosage might be higher than the amount used in Austria, and vice versa. They doctors have now determined that Sebastian will be in the hospital 4 more weeks. The issues of infection were too great for him to be away from the hospital. He has done very well on the prednisone for the past week and that is why they moved the first round of chemo to today. He will have chemotherapy once a week for four weeks. On day 15 and day 33 they will do testing for white cell counts. Day 33 is the most crucial testing. Depending on the readings at that time the next phase of his treatment will be determined. There is over a 90% chance that in two years he will be a healthy kid and this is a very positive statistic. He will probably have some side effects from the drug regime that will be reversible with time. Michi can take off two weeks when Baby Pucher is born and Austria also has a very flexible time off plan for sick children. Suzanne is fighting a cold and getting tired - March 9 is still scheduled due date for Baby Pucher. Yesterday Sebastian got to ride in an ambulance to have an MRI. Only one parent could go, so Michi went as Suzanne could not be in the room with the MRI machine anyway. I guess Sebastian thought the ambulance ride was pretty cool in the end and was very proud to show Suzanne his "ET" finger where the red glow light pulse meter clip was! We were unable to reach Michi and Suzanne this morning but hope we can hear more today via email. Please, please continue to pray for Sebastian, Suzanne and Michi.

Sebastian in good spirits - he gets to ride trikes around the hospital floor.