Katie was back at the hospital yesterday afternoon for another blood test, again hoping for a rise in her ANC. However, it was not to be. Amy recieved the phone call today at school and learned that Katie's ANC is still low. In fact, it dropped again and is now resting at just 115. However, her overall white blood cell count is climbing and her monocytes (the part of the white blood responsible for making neutrophils) are climbing as well. So the current prediction is that Katie's ANC will be much higher by Friday which is when she goes back in for another finger pick blood test.
I think she has an angel looking over her shoulder right now, doing everything in her power to keep Katie out of the hospital. It was a full 14 days ago today when we discovered that her ANC was dangerously low. 14 days ago, the staff at Fletcher Allen thought we would be coming back for an extended stay very soon. We aren't out of the woods yet, but I already feel very lucky that we didn't have to spend these past 14 days in the hospital waiting for her ANC to rise.
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Thinking of you all and wishing for a bump in those numbers soon!
Especially because we have a bunch of cousins who are wanting to play over the holidays! Thanks for doing the errand for us.. will send a check :)
Love you,
Auntie Heather
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