Counts Still Low

Catherine's ANC dropped again this week to 493 so we were unable to start Long Term Maintenance...again! On the plus side, her hemoglobin went up to 10.2 and her platelets stayed steady at 193,000. We are going to go back on Tuesday for a quick fingerstick and we are scheduled to try starting LTM next Friday. If her counts are still low next week, they will do a bone marrow aspirate to check for leukemia, although they believe she is still in remission. Even if her counts are okay, they may still do the BMA...we'll see. Of course Catherine was supposed to go to a birthday party tomorrow. It always seems that when she has a b-day party, her counts drop. She has another one next week. Hopefully, it isn't a harbinger of things to come.

Catherine and Alex were in school this week (needless to say with an ANC of 493 she won't be there next week). Catherine and the other 3 girls in her class seemed to click and I think it'll be a good year. Catherine caused a bit of trouble on the first day by being a little stubborn with her teacher, but after a long talk, she behaved the rest of the week. Alex, the one I worried about being the discipline problem, was excellent. When I went to pick him up the other day, he gave a toy to a crying child to make her feel better. Very sweet boy - at least when he and his sister are not conspiring to drive me crazy!