Diagnosis: Leukemia; October 8, 1987

Alex woke up around seven o’clock and wanted his prize from Grandma. I told him to go to his room and I would bring in the basket. Alex picked one and it was a cookie mix.

I went back to sleep and was woken up by Alex hitting me in my back. He wanted me to play with him. I told him I would be there in a few minutes and promptly fell asleep. In came Alex again asking me what was taking so long, I figured I had better get up. I had a shower which made Alex really cranky. He started pounding on the door. Charlie took him into the spare room and they played with Alex’s cars.

I had breakfast and got dressed. I played with Alex for awhile then I got Alex ready for his nap.

I tided up the house and did the dishes. I had lunch, Alex had macaroni before he had his nap.

We left at two o’clock for the doctors office. We saw Dr. W, he wants to see Alex ever month. Dr W said that Alex looks better than he did the last visit. The doctor said Alex’s behaviour and eating consumption could be affected by the medication.

Afterwards we went to the bank, to pay my MasterCard bill. Then we went to the mall and came home.

Alex played for about an hour then we had dinner. We went downstairs for our exercising.

I gave Alex a bath and got him ready for bed. I did the dishes and while I was doing them I realized I had forgotten to give Alex Methotrexiate. I felt absolutely sick about it since it was suppose to be given last Monday (three days ago). Alex was fast asleep so I didn’t wake him up.

I put away Alex’s toys. I still had a terrible feeling in my stomach. I just can’t see how I could forget to do it. I couldn’t concentrate on anything so I figured I might as well go to bed. Before I went to bed I checked on Alex. He needed to go to the bathroom, I picked him up and took him to the bathroom. This woke him up so I gave him the methotrexiate. I felt better but not by much. I went to bed after ten o’clock

No tests

Medicine

Bactrim 9:30 a.m. ------ 7:50 p.m.
Mercaptopurine ----- ------ 7:50 p.m.
Methrotrexiate ----- ------ 10:00 p.m.

Temperature 35.80C 9:30 a.m.36.59C 6:50 p.m.