We went in for Vincristine and a blood check today. All is great! I am kind of glad that we didn't know that Ben's numbers were quite low last week (Poly at 633 and white blood count at 1.5) but the good news is that they are now terrific. White blood count 3.6, Poly 2459, Hemoglobin 12.5 and Platelets are 214,000. We feel good that we took so many precautions with the boys like having them sleep in separate rooms.
Ben still needs to finish out the Tamiflu but David is past the contagious phase of the flu so we can relax. Now we just need to prepare ourselves for the lovely steroid part of the month which started today. Hopefully they won't be too tough on him this month.
Only 2 more weeks until Ben's birthday. I can't believe he is going to be 9!
Nicole and I started this blog to keep friends and family updated on Ben's fight against leukemia which began on May 8, 2007. If you want to make a donation to help Ben and other cancer patients, please click the links in the right margin. Thanks to everyone for your support and encouragement.
Links
- American Cancer Society
- Ben's Starlight Foundation Donations Page
- Camp Ronald McDonald
- Cedars-Sinai Donations (Please Specify Account No. 216620, Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Fund)
- Children's Oncology Group
- Children's Oncology Group Donations
- Donate Blood
- Facebook Cause -- Cedars Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Fund
- Hockey Fights Cancer
- Make-a-Wish Foundation Donations
- National Cancer Institute Leukemia Page
- Pablove
- Starlight Children's Foundation
- The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
- The Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Ben's Buddy Map
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2 comments:
Thanks for posting. It is good to see those 'in front' of us. We are in Delayed Intensifcation right now.
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Take care, Dennis
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