Lung infection resolved

I took Paul to FW today for a clinic appt., but before that he had a quick chest CT to see what has become of the spot on his lung...presumed to be fungal pneumonia. The CT showed that it is now gone. That is a huge praise - first that it wasn't something more menacing, and second, that we can move on with some cancer treatment drugs now that the fungal infection is gone or under control. We'll stay on a low dose of some kind of anti-fungal once we finish the IV caspofungin.

Paul needed platelets today so we got those; he was holding the line on reds. His WBC count is still really low so we will be taking a week off from chemo, and then next week we will decide between several drugs to use against NB. Pray that Paul can stay away from infections.

We are thankful that Paul has most of his pain managed without huge doses. He is enjoying playing cards, putting together Lego, looking over coins (from you loyal Paul pals!) and watching movies. We know you are praying for him.