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    Monday, March 31, 2008

    Cole's Star

    My cousin, Jeff, was deeply moved when Cole was diagnosed with Leukemia. So much so that he wanted to do something very special for us. His answer was an amazingly touching thing to do.

    Jeff had a star named after Cole.

    If you look at this link here you'll see a group of numbered stars. The star "Cole Michael Rollins" is star #89.

    The star is in/near the constellation Hercules and is also designated Her89. Here's another information page about it. It's on FTP for some reason, but it still displays.

    This last week saw Grammy and Katy joining us. They left on Sunday, and I was quite bummed that they did. It was a great visit, and Dalynn and I were able to get out 3 times by ourselves, once for dinner with our friends Anthony and Nerissa (and Raymond, too).

    So far, we have to say, Delayed Intensification has been better than we expected. We attribute that to a direct answer to prayer. All in all, Cole's side-effects haven't been as bad. We were really afraid that things would be as bad as they were during Induction. Instead, we have had a relatively side-effect free time. Relatively, mind you.

    Cole has still had some side-effects, but they just haven't been anywhere near as bad. He's been pooping better (he pooped today, as a matter of fact, 3 times so far) and he's been sleeping well. He still wakes up once a night, but that's nowhere near as bad as the 3 to 4 times a night he'd wake up during Induction. Dalynn and I are still alternating every 2 nights. So I take 2 nights on, and then she takes 2 nights on. It's very manageable.

    Lisa will arrive tomorrow and she'll be here through the end of the week, most likely. Then Megan comes.

    We're still not sure what we're going to do during the second half of DI. The problem is that we have to wait for Cole's ANC to recover (that's the count that determines if he's neutropenic or not). That could take as long as 3 weeks.

    Once his counts have recovered, then we embark on a two week course of completely new chemo. Some of it will be given daily by shot, too, which we're not looking forward to. We've heard that some kids fly through this stage of DI, and some end up in the hospital with side-effect caused fever.

    Please pray that Cole flies through it, and please pray that we continue to have a better time of things than we did in Induction.

    5 comments:

    Goode Design said...

    Hello Don Miguel Alouicious Rollins III, Esq.

    It's Pete (as in Goode from ECU). Hope you're well. I've been keeping up with you a little through Jerry as I'm always curious how my co-squirrel-watchers* are doing. (* Squirrel-Watchers are ADHD people).

    Well, anyway... Jerry told me you had a blog, so i thought I'd touch base with you. We're praying for Cole. Hope all is well!

    kdbquinni said...

    That's so awesome about the star. I had heard you could do that, but I didn't know if it was true. I'm glad it hasn't been as hard for Cole than induction was. Also, I've decided I need to come by there sometime soon to see you and the fam. Take care!

    Michael.Rollins said...

    Hey Pete! How are things going? Goode to hear from you, hehe.

    You have any little'uns now? I think I remember Jerry saying you had a boy, but that's a little foggy.

    Goode Design said...

    Hello Don Miguel Alouicious Rollins III, Esq.

    It's Pete (as in Goode from ECU). Hope you're well. I've been keeping up with you a little through Jerry as I'm always curious how my co-squirrel-watchers* are doing. (* Squirrel-Watchers are ADHD people).

    Well, anyway... Jerry told me you had a blog, so i thought I'd touch base with you. We're praying for Cole. Hope all is well!

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