March 03, 2014

Picked up Evan yesterday morning at the hospital.  He is doing fine and Methotrexate levels are low.  His kidney function is good, creatin levels are in the normal range.  He will be back at the hospital on Thursday for another round of Methotrexate and this will be his last Chemo treatment until after his Orthopedic limb salvaging surgery.  We expect his liver enzymes to be high by Thursday and decreasing by the weekend.  The surgery is still tentatively scheduled for 03/21 or 03/28 and is dependent on his White cell count.  I found out he will probably need to have blood transfused during or after the surgery and I am making inquires as to how we can direct donate blood for him to be used at All Children's hospital in Saint Petersburg.

The staff at the hospital is really enamored by Evan and treat him very special.  They love his huge giraffe Matthew and try to get Evan to leave him there so the giraffe can keep them company.  Of course he won't have any of that whatsoever.  He is now making beaded necklaces for the nurses to hang their name tags on and they are paying him to do it!  We have an entrepreneur in the making.

It also seems his celebrity status, because of the super window washers and his interview on TV, has put him further in the spotlight.  The hospital is building a new wing dedicated solely to the Children called Golliasano Children's and the ground breaking will be in April.  The Doctors involved with the hematology/oncology wing want Evan to be one of the "ground breakers" by helping one of the construction workers use a bulldozer to move some earth. I will let you know if it materializes!