Unexpected Stress

We were at the hospital on Friday, primarily to have an appointment about Leo's mould allergy and his other allergies. Whilst there we had a meeting with his oncologist too who advised Leo now needs chest x-rays every other month. This is because if he relapses, it may not be in the primary site i.e. on the brain. It could relapse in his lungs. So a little surprise and actually with hindsight quite pleased we did not know this before as it's another major thing to stress about.

As it happens Leo's chest x-ray was clear so he's not relapsed yet.

His allergies though a little cause for concern as normally people who have had their immune system 'modulated' with chemotherapy and especially the type and amount that Leo has had, the tests for his allergies would give a 'false' low at this point post-treatment. However his allergy to eggs has increased whereas chemo normally 'resets' the system and the egg allergy usually disappears. So not quite sure if we should be reading into the fact the chemo didn't knock the egg allergy out of his system and the fact it's got worse. At Leo's age, cancer aside, it's highly unlikely he's going to grow out of his egg allergy now.

So just to see what his oncologist comes back with in terms of the chemo / allergy testing / false high debate?

Today's a new day...no time for stress.....