CBC-4/22/2009

Can you believe it has been three months? Where does the time go. Max had his checkup today, so of course he started it out with waking at 5:30 with an earache. We had Earth Day plans of taking the train in, but decided to drive in case he wasn't feeling well. However, he was fine the entire time. Dr. Ebb was over at the main hospital, so we saw Dr. Huong for the first time in a very long time. She is always very pleasant. She said he looked good, but took a look at his ear and thinks he has a minor ear infection. This was the fourth earache in the last couple of months, so I knew something was going on and was going to go to the pediatrician after this last one, so it was nice that she could look at it. He did not enjoy having his ear looked at, in fact disliked it as much as the blood draw, but other than that, it was a pleasant visit. The music therapist was there and he got to spend some time with her. She had all her big instruments with her and he even got to play a real harp. James was a sweetie for the whole visit and Josh took Lauren to the Aquarium to look at the seals while they waited (and apparently they also happened onto an Earth Day celebration which she loved). After the appointment, Max and James and I took the T to the aquarium and met up with Josh and Lauren. Then we walked to the North End and had pizza and then canolli. Unfortunately, by that time, our 60 degree and sunny weather had changed to heavy rain, so we went back to the T, took it back to our car, and drove home.

His counts were good. The 30th will be the 2 year anniversary of the last day of cyclosporene. Amazing.

WBC: 8.7
HCT: 36.9
HGB: 13.5
PLT: 198
ANC: 6070

His white count and ANC are a little higher than we usually see, though still in the normal range. This is probably because of the ear infection. His platelets and reds were great, though, which is wonderful given his history of having them drop when he is fighting anything. I couldn't ask for more.