Technically the ampuversary was two days ago, but today was his oncologist visit.

They discontinued iv chemo (vincristine) last month after 5 months of treatment.  The oncologist thought he was doing very well and could go without the sixth (and what was to be his last) treatment.  He is still on oral chemo.

Last month, after deciding to d/c the iv chemo, his white count came in very low.  He had been around 5000 all along and suddenly it was 2100.  So even if we had wanted to continue with one more month of iv chemo, we would have had to stop anyway.

Today his white count is back up to 4800.  Not perfect but obviously going the right direction.

His liver enzymes were a bit high, so if they're still up next month we'll have to change his oral chemo (lomustine).

Chico has not had ONE sick day since all this started.  He hasn't missed a meal (except for those that he was forced to miss due to the surgery).  He has not had diarrhea once, nor has he vomited.  Other than the missing leg and the hair that grew back wiry due to the chemo, it's as if he wasn't sick.  Let's hope that the oncologist's original prognosis (1 year) is wrong and he goes on to live another 5 years!  (BTW, he just turned 8).