Jun 6th - Everything has gone as planned for Cole over the last 2 weeks. On Wednesday the 30th, he had a PIC line installed and was admitted to the hospital for the remainder of his treatment. On Thursday we did some further testing and on Friday he started his 4 days of pretreatment chemo. On Saturday Cole was given a Karate lesson in his room from an instructor from The Heroes Circle. The Heroes Circle (kidskickingcancer.org) teaches meditation, breathing and movement techniques found in the martial arts to empower children beyond the pain and trauma of childhood disease. He really enjoyed that! Also over the weekend, Cole was visited by his cousins Kristen and Jeff and we enjoyed some competitive card games! He really enjoyed the company. On Monday the 4th his pretreatment chemo was complete and he is doing very well. On Tuesday the remainder of the family arrived and he was very excited to see his Mom, Sister and Brother. Some arts & crafts projects and some competitive PlayStation gaming against his brother brought lots of smiles to his face.
Tomorrow, Thursday the 7th, is the big day. Cole is tentatively scheduled to get his CAR-T immunotherapy cells between 1-2pm. The process of getting his CAR-T cells is basically a 15 or so minute infusion and then it’s basically a waiting game. He will be closely monitored in the hospital for possible side effects from the cells over the next 30 days or so, with the first 2 weeks being the most critical.
We are thankful that this new treatment is available and are hopeful that it will cure Cole once and for all. Thank you all again for all your thoughts, prayers and continued support!!!
#ColeStrong, ColeMalone.org
Michael, Cole and Madisen
Cole in front of his hospital room
Cole in his room
Me, Cole and his cousins Jeff and Kristen
Cole doing karate
Cole doing karate
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