Last Monday Oliver's ANC dropped to 40 rendering him severely neutropenic or basically with no immunity or ability to fight any kind of infection.  Because of the low ANC, we had to hold all chemotherepy pills at home and recheck in a week.  Today, the ANC went up to 480, which is in the right direction, but still not high enough to resume chemo pills for this week.  Next Monday we will check again, and if the counts go up, Oliver will receive vincristine via his port and resume chemo at home.  His hair is starting to grow back, it seems much lighter growing in.  We have heard the chemo can alter the way the hair grows back for some children (ie curly vs straight, color, etc.).  It will be interesting to see how it comes in.  Will write an update after next week's visit - hopefully the counts will be back up.  Thanks for keeping up with the blog and have a great week.