Every four weeks, he would have steroids. We would joke that he would disappear two days after we started them, and come back two days after we stopped them. He sure was miserable (as were all of us) on steroid weeks.

In November, Henry was getting an IVIG transfusion, and had a reaction to it, so we spent a night in the hospital. This was our first time staying the night in the hospital in almost a year.

Throughout his first year of chemo, Henry had multiple blood and platelet transfusions. His chemotherapy was geared to kill the cancer in his bone marrow. Bone marrow helps make blood and platelets, so we needed to give him extra to keep him healthy. Bone marrow also helps make pieces of your immune system, including B-cells. IVIG helped replace his B-cells.

But, when Henry felt good, his smile could make anyone smile.