March 17, 2007; Saturday

Charley is fighting for his life so hard these days. Recently, he sleeps more. After reading Charley’s update on the 13th, friends have been either rushing to see Charley or calling/writing to support him.

He had two episodes of fevers yesterday, one in the morning and another at the night. Charley has had persistent fever symptoms for 7 days. It is really worrisome, particularly the possibility of fungal infection. This was the 3rd day Charley receiving AmBisome, the anti-fungal drug, It usually takes a long term to wipe out funguses if Charley has been infected and is able to overcome it.

Yesterday was the first day that his fever was less than 38.5C. Doctors watch closely on the pattern of the peak of each fever. Our “big hope” is to see the fever peak gradually going down.

Charley’s platelet is very low and depends on the transfusion. It is “hopeful” his bone marrow recovers gradually during next couple of weeks. He was given both vincritine and L-asparaginase on Wednesday.

The Pediatric Advance Care Team (PACT) at the hospital begins to take care of Charley. First, they gave the parents consoling. The Make a Wish representative came to visit Charley yesterday.

Urgent Prayer Request for Charley:
1. Infections getting control
2. Nausea improving with good appetite
3. Pain reduced
4. Good blood count coming back.

2007年星期六，三月17号
这些天，田田正在为生命而奮戰 , 与疾病作搏斗。他最近睡眠明显增多。在读了田田13日的日志后，许多朋友不是趕來医院，就是通过打电话或写信表达著急和对田田的關切。

昨天，他又发热两次，那是分别在早上和晚上。田田已经连续7天出现发燒，这真是令人揪心，特别是担心真菌感染。田田使用抗真菌感染剂AmBisome已经第三天，如果田田真是感染了真菌，这通常需要较长时间才能完全消除。

昨天是一周以来田田的体温第一次低于38.5C。 医生严密监视每一次发热的峰值，我们最希望看到发热的峰值逐渐下降。田田的血小板水平很低，一直通过输血补充，多希望在以后的几周里田田的骨髓功能会逐渐恢复。这星期三，已给田田同时注射了vincristine 和PEG L-asparaginase。

医院的儿童重病医护小组（The Pediatric Advance Care Team, PACT) 已经开始看顾田田。他们先给父母进行了咨询。 昨天也有”Make-A-Wish” 的代表访问了田田。

急盼你为田田进行如下祷告:

1. 感染得到控制。
2. 控制恶心，有好的胃口。
3. 降低疼痛。
4. 恢复正常血象。