We brought SD to the Traverse City clinic for counts on Monday, May 21. His platelet count had gone down to 46,000. He didn't need a transfusion, but since they were still headed downward we had to check again that Thursday. By then, the count had jumped to 330,000 on its own!
SD was originally scheduled for a spinal tap today to kick off the second Interim Maintenance phase. A call from the hospital yesterday changed that; another child needed a procedure today, so they needed to move SD's to a later date. They kept him on for his chemo, however, so we headed down to stay at the Renucci House last night.
Everything went as planned in clinic today until SD's lab results came back with a shocking result for us all: his ANC had dropped to 210! That means no chemo today. He seems to be feeling very well, but Dr. Kurt thought he might be fighting a cold or some other kind of infection, which would explain the low neutrophil count (it was at 896 a week ago). On the plus side, all his other counts have continued to inch up since last week.
So. We will check his counts in Traverse City next Wednesday. If they are high enough, we'll head back to Grand Rapids and try again on Thursday.
Thanks for this update! Trust things will go more smoothly next Wednesday and Thursday!
ReplyDeleteI love that picture of SD and Emma with their daddy. It's so precious. :)
ReplyDeleteI hope things go well later this week.
Your updates are always great and I know we all look forward to them. Praying
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