Journal entry by Jessica McKearney —
Next month will be TWO years since Hudson took his last chemo. He had some procedures and things after but we definitely celebrate his final day of chemo- May 16th!
Today we went to see the team for his routine follow up. He had his blood drawn and Violet watched to make sure it all went as planned. We got to see Jason PharmD, Steve PA and Dr. Dickens today. The kids told them all about Sonic legos, going to Legoland and Peppa Pig World and their summer activities. We discussed our measles scare and vaccine titers. Dr. Dickens told us some oncologists check titers after treatment, some don’t. It didn’t used to be an issue having vaccine preventable diseases after treatment but the world has changed. There’s no great recommendations on this yet. They also discussed getting IVIG during treatment. Hudson had IVIG a few times to try to boost his system. So with vaccine preventable diseases resurfacing and cases happening it’s best we revaccinate and boost him for the titers that aren’t showing protections. Ugh. More shots for him. But it’s the best option for him. We will work with his local pediatrician to do this. His blood counts look good, hemoglobin and platelets are strong and stable. His ANC looks good. We will go back in June (a little early before baby) and then will switch to every 3 months for visits. We will do this for the next year!