CBC - 07/07/2008

Can you believe it has been two months. Amazingly enough, I didn't even worry over these two months. Max has looked and seemed so good, that I have been pretty relaxed. I have seen no petikia, he barely has a bruise on him, and he has been running all over the place, and he has had great color and energy. Today, a friend took Lauren so that Max and I could go in on our own. We had a lovely day. We took the train in, then walked up to the North End for pizza and pastry. Max decided on gelato instead, which he enjoyed in the heat by the fountains. It was a hot day, but it bothered me more than him. Then we walked up to the aquarium to see the seals. We took the T over to the hospital because he was tired of walking by then. It meant three trains. He was thrilled.

Dr. Ebb took one look at the lab results and was thrilled. His platelets were down a bit from last time, but still close to 200, and his white count and hematocrit were at all time highs. He looked him over and confirmed what I had been seeing, that he looks great. The only issue we had was that Max didn't want to leave the hospital. He wanted to play more. He played Ant in the Pants while I checked us out and made an appt for early September. Then, we took the T to the train and headed home. A very tired boy fell asleep on the train. A very tired mom did not, but was happy to see him napping.

Here are the numbers.

WBC: 7.8
HCT: 37.5
HGB: 13.7
PLT: 198

Oh, I don't have the ANC yet. Our appointment went so quickly that they were not in by the time we were done. Dr. Ebb said he would call me with them some time today. I will update when I get them.