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Posted 2016-03-30T00:35:00Z

Sofia and Mike

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gwb8RMl5DKsAttached is the link to the Cal High Sports clip about Mike and Sofia. Obviously there was quite a bit cut out but Mike wanted to make sure everyone knew that he did thank all of our friends and family for their amazing support. We also want to make sure that this story bring awareness to Childhood Cancer and the immediate need for research funding so we can find a cure!! Finally as much as we would love a doctor to tell us that they expect a full recovery it is us, those of us who love her that expect a full recovery!![...]

Posted 2016-03-28T22:25:01Z

Results are in...

Two weeks ago we checked into the hospital for Sofia's bone marrow aspirate and start of chemo. After 5 nights in the hospital her methotrexate levels were finally low enough to be discharged. Luckily, Sofia experienced minimal side effects and has had a pretty great week being home. [...]

Posted 2016-03-15T06:19:00Z

Round 3!

It's been a while since the last update as we have been in a holding pattern. After 10 days in the hospital, Sofia's ANC got over 200 and they let us go home. The next step was for that number to reach 750 so we could start our next round of treatment. Well 9 days later we finally hit this morning with an ANC of 780. This has been the longest stretch of waiting for counts since we started. Sofia's last chemo was a month ago! The good news is that with this long of a recovery period, Sofia's feeling great. Her appetite is sooo much better and she's as energetic as always. [...]

Posted 2016-03-02T05:18:41Z

Waiting...

It has been a week since we were admitted into the hospital. Luckily, Sofia has continued to be fever free with no signs of an infection. We are just waiting for her counts to go up. Normally you need to reach an ANC of 500 to be discharged but the doctors just want her over 100 and rising and we can go. When we arrived on Wednesday we were at 20 so we thought 100 would come quickly but it's been 7 days and we are only at 40!!! The good news is that Sofia feels great! She's not even getting IV fluids so we are literally just living at the hospital. She's bored and over our room but I can't blame her. Given that we will be re-admitted once her counts hit 750 to start new chemo, we might only get a couple of days at home. We are going to make them great days!!![...]