Sebastian & Stella: Another week of therapy done

Sebastian finished his second round of high dose methotrexate. We were admitted on Monday evening so he could be hooked up to an IV and receive fluids (normal procedure). On Tuesday afternoon he got another spinal tap with methotrexate being injected into the spinal fluid. Then they started the methotrexate infusion, which lasted a little over 24 hours. After this, he continued to receive fluids to flush out the medicine. The methotrexate should only be in his system for a certain number of hours, otherwise it is too toxic. Everything went fine, and we were released on Thursday night again.

We are waiting to see if he gets the mouth sores as a side effect again. Last time he woke up during the night on Saturday. So let's see if the same happens tomorrow night. We have mentally prepared ourselves that we will be in and out of the hospital for the next six weeks, so if we are admitted again, that's ok. His blood values are really up right now, but again, we expect them to crash on Monday like they did last time. So we will have to take advantage of tomorrow while he still feels well and is able to fight off any infections that may come his way!

Stella was really crabby tonight - chewing on her fists and slobbering a lot. The thought of teething ran through my head, but it seems so early for that. Sebastian got his first tooth around 8 months, can it be so different? Well, everyone is entitled to a bad day, and she is sleeping like an angel now, so maybe it's nothing. Will keep you updated.

Michi shaved his hair really short. I will post the photos once I download them from the camera. In the meantime, here are some other pictures from our outing last weekend.

Walking along the wine cellar road in the village of Hoeflein.