New year, new stem cells! Hudson’s New Year’s Eve party consisted of his third and final stem cell transplant this afternoon! He was so excited that he slept right through it.

Here we go again! Last round of chemo on this protocol starts in the morning, with stem cell transplant planned for Tuesday. In some ways, it’s hard to believe we’re here already. Please join us in praying in a special way for Hudson tonight and over the next several days.

We got some GREAT news yesterday afternoon - Hudson’s ANC is 2,059 and his respiratory panel was negative! This means we’re good to go for admission on Friday and won’t need to be in isolation (as long as he remains healthy and without symptoms).

Well, it seems that the Christmas celebration we had hoped for isn’t in the cards this year. Last night, Clare and I ended up in the ER after she had a coughing/wheezing fit and couldn’t catch her breath for around 30 minutes. Thankfully, by the time we got there and were seen, she was doing much better…

Clinic update: Hudson and I went to clinic today for his sedated auditory brain response test and a clinic visit. First for the amazing news - Hudson’s hearing is still completely normal and his test was “beautiful” according to the audiologist!

Update on Hudson: After the neupogen shots all last weekend, Hudson’s ANC skyrocketed and was 196,000 on Monday. His platelets and RBCs were also both up on Monday. So we stopped the shots, and he had a good week hanging with grandma and grandpa while I worked a few days.