Browsing Archive: February, 2010
Posted by Ann Shortes on Monday, February 22, 2010,
Oliver's counts today were too low to receive his first maintenance chemo and spinal - we will try again next week. It is our first delay throughout this process - hopefully by next week his counts will be high enough. On one hand we are relieved he gets a break from medications for a week, but on the other hand, the sooner he begins his 3 yr maintenance chemo treatments we are that much closer to closing this chapter of our lives. Of course we know there will be a lifetime relationship wi...
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Posted by Ann Shortes on Tuesday, February 16, 2010,
Oliver went to clinic last Thursday and today. His ANC is very low (60 last Thurs, 140 today) which equates to severely neutropenic (immune comprised). His blood was borderline transfusion at both visits - anything below 8 requires transfusion - today it was 7.9 and last Thurs 8.2 but the doctor decided based on his energy level to skip transfusion today and recheck him this Friday. We pray he is on an upward trend and will not require transfusion on Friday. On Monday, Oliver will receiv...
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Posted by Ann Shortes on Tuesday, February 9, 2010,
Inevitably, it is impossible to predict a "short" clinic day from a long one. We thought Oliver would need transfusions last Thursday but he did not. His counts were down on Thursday, but did not meet threshold for transfusion. He did however need a blood transfusion yesterday. His platelets were down significantly as well, but not below the transfusion level. We have an office visit on Friday to check counts again. It was surprising that his blood was low yesterday given his high energ...
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Posted by Ann Shortes on Monday, February 1, 2010,
We just returned from clinic -as anticipated, Oliver's counts have plummeted since last week. He has no white blood cells, low hemoglobin/blood and is severely neutropenic requiring isolation restrictions. He received a blood transfusion today along with the ARA-C chemo which he will also receive at home Tues-Thurs this week via his port. We return to the clinic on Thursday to check his counts again, as we expect for him to need another transfusion by that time. We know we are in the home...
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I started this blog as a way to keep everyone updated on Oliver's status and am so thankful for the outpouring from our friends, family and beyond. Thank you all for the support!
