Brian had a good day today. He played Super Mario with Dad and watched TV.

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Brian is doing very good. He's back to playing his DS and feeling pretty good! Dad is staying with him for the weekend while Mom spends time with Joshua & Bryanna at home.

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WOW!!! Brian is having a FANTASTIC DAY!!! It's like his New Cells Cleansed him overnight. He is back to being a chatter-box and eating again!! I can only pray it continues this way. The doctor's say he'll have great days and bad days. Maybe this is a sign that he'll do GREAT and continue to have FANTASTIC DAYS!!!

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Brian had a GREAT DAY!!!! TODAY WAS D-DAY (TRANSPLANT DAY). Everything went very good!
Transplant time was at 11:00 a.m, he watched as it went into the line in his chest.The hospital calls it his rebirth so they sang Happy Birthday to him and made it very special for him. He had a slight headache after but the doctor's think it was from his high blood pressure during the transplant. He slept for awhile and later in the evening he was playing Mario with his dad so he was feeling...

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Brian is resting today,getting ready for his Transplant tomorrow. Please keep him in your prayers.

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Brian had a hard time since the 19th, he was vomiting a lot and had pains in his stomach. Monday the 22nd he finished his last dose of Chemo.

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Brian was having a hard day today, he has been vomiting all day. He complained about headache and slight double vision this evening, the doctors said that it's hard to tell if it's from the ALD or the Chemo. He has been very emotional all day, he said he wishes his transplant was already done because he misses his family so much and he wants to be home.

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Today is Brian's last day of Chemo in phase 2. Tomorrow he starts his 3rd and final phase for 4 days.Pray that he has an easy transition with this phase. He was feeling nauseous and yucky all day. He misses his family very much and he has been taking it very hard for the first time since he has been here. For the most part he has been doing very well.

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Today Brian wasn't feeling too good. Last night they increased his dosage of Chemo and it's affecting him today. He was feeling sick to his stomach and just wanted to lay in bed. Poor little guy didn't even want to play with his Bionicles or his DS. I talked to him tonight and he sounds extremely tired, he said he wasn't feeling good and he didn't eat much dinner. Hopefully he'll have a better day tomorrow. Tomorrow is the last day of this phase, Friday he will start the more intense Chemo fo...
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This is Brian's 2nd day of phase 2 of Chemo and so far so good no problems. He spent the day watching movies and playing Bionicles. Mom said he has been a chatterbox today, asking questions about everything. Lily (Mom) says she is so proud of him, that he has been so brave with everything that's going on, she said it helps her stay even stronger through all of this. All the doctors and nurses say that they are so amazed at how brave he is for his age!!!  Anything they need to do he likes to b...
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Today Brian started his 2nd phase of Chemo for 4 days. He started at 6 this morning and gets it every 6 hours for 2 hours at a time. He was sleeping when I called this morning but Mom said he's doing good. This evening he was complaining about a headache and stomach pain. Don't know if it's from the Chemo because he has complained about that before he went to the hospital. I just talked to him this evening and he sounds real good. He was talking about his Bionicles,which he loves playing with...
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Brian wants to wish everyone a Happy Valentines Day! He finished his first 3 days of his Chemo treatments, He did very good with the first phase, no problems at all. Tomorrow he starts the second phase for 4 days.

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Today was 2nd day of Chemo so far so good! A lot of family went up to see Brian today, nobody is allowed in his room so he went downstairs and saw everyone. He said he was real happy to see his brother (Joshua) & his sister (Bryanna). I asked him if he had a good visit with everyone and he said yes. He is enjoying the food, he loves the chicken strips and hash browns.

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Today is day minus 12 countdown to day 0 which is Transplant day. He had 1 1/2 hours of his first dose of Fludarabine and so far we are off to a great start with no side effects. A little about how his day went, he started off this morning with Frootloops of course,some hashbrowns and he has been his normal fun hyper self. He had several visits from Doctors since he got here.

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Brian is doing good. He had a treatment today to prepare him for his Chemotherapy tomorrow, he had no reactions to the treatment so that is good!!! He knows he is real sick and that the Transplant will help him.

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Today Brian had his central venous catheter put in his chest. He said it doesn't hurt and he wasn't scared! He has been playing his Nintendo DS and watching movies.


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Hi Everyone,
Today Brian starts his journey to get better! He was admitted to CHOC (Children's Hospital Orange County) today to prepare for his Transplant! He will be going through 11 days of Chemo starting this week if his cold doesn't interfere. I will update as we go along to keep everyone informed. We would appreciate it if you could keep Brian in your prayers. Thanks

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