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...


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