2005 Journal Entries
| June 23rd - Archie is admitted to the Hospital. |
| June 24th - Thanks for your e-mails and phone calls. |
| June 26th - Archie is improving. |
| June 27th - Archie is acting himself. |
| June 28th - Archie is doing well. |
| June 29th - Dr. Hayes scheduled a bone marrow aspiration. |
| June 30th - The bone marrow aspiration brought good news today. |
| July 1st - Archie was very much himself today. |
| July 11th - Archie was readmitted to the hospital tonight. |
| July 13th - I am exhausted. |
| July 14th - Archie started chemotherapy today. |
| July 17th - Archie started his fourth day of chemotherapy. |
| July 19th - Archie has been so pleasant the past few days. |
| July 21st - Little Man continues to be a maverick. |
| July 25th - Archie may get to come home tomorrow. |
| July 26th - We came home today. For about three hours. |
| July 27th - Good news today. |
| July 31st - Archie spiked a fever Saturday afternoon. |
| August 1st - Back to the operating room. |
| August 9th - Going to see Dr. Stroud today. |
| August 21st - The Blue Screen of Death. |
| August 29th - Archie is doing really well. |
| September 11th - Kit came home from the Hospital. |
| September 27th - Archie got home from the hospital Saturday morning. |
| January 27th, 2006 - Although each day drags by, each month passes so quickly. |
| April 25th, 2006 - Meyer Center for Special Children. |
| July 1st, 2006 - Archie isn’t a baby anymore. |
| Archie has been so pleasant to be around the past few days |
| by Anne Moore 07/19/2005 |
Archie has been so pleasant to be around the past few days. It’s obvious that he’s
feeling much better than he has for a while. I knew that Archie had been feeling
poorly for some time, but I think I wasn’t ready to admit to myself just how unlike
himself Archie was behaving.
He hugs us, and kisses us, and does all of his little tricks on command. Archie likes
sitting in his crib most of all and dancing to the music playing on his tape player.
Archie’s white blood cell count is at 500 and his blast count is at 5 percent. This
is great news! When he started chemotherapy his white blood cell count was over 110,000
and he had over 85 percent blasts in his blood. We thought Archie would be able to come
home tomorrow, but his potassium and platelet levels are still very high. Both potassium
and platelets are byproducts of the destruction of cells so the high levels are a good
sign that the chemotherapy worked well, but Archie can't come home until the levels hold
steady for a few days. Archie’s doctors are very pleased with his progress.
Thank you for all of your prayers and positive thoughts. We all appreciate your support
so much. John and I know Archie still has a long way to go, but together our love and
faith can get Archie through the trying times ahead.