CBC - 11/16/2006

WBC: 9.6
HCT: 28
Hemoglobin: 9.7
Platelets: 97
ANC: 198

We are very happy about the platelet number. He must have gotten quite a boost from Monday's transfusion. We do not have to go to the clinic on Monday. Instead, the nurse is coming to do another blood draw. Given the results the last two Mondays, he shouldn't need to go in that day. Hopefully he won't need to be transfused until Tuesday or Wednesday. We are hoping to go to Damariscotta, ME to see my father and step-mother for Thanksgiving, but have not been given the green light on that yet.

I am not excited about the ANC numbers. His white count is actually pretty good, but his body is just not making neutrophils. He had 1 in the last sample. :( However, the doctors seems a lot less concerned about the ANC than I am.

Today was the last day of the steriods. The puffiness on his face has gone down already. He looks a lot better. Maybe we will manage to get Christmas pictures afterall.