Tuesday, October 31, 2006

That's more like it

Joe's blood counts came back really positive today.Everything is up. His neutrophils are at 2.9, white blood cells 4.4, platelets 515. Almost all within normal boundaries. Really good news. They must have been able to take a decent bone marrow sample this time, which means no more visits to Cambridge until December. Also don't need to worry about infection too much at the moment as he actually has some resistance, which he hasn't had since this all started.

It will change again, of course. And probably with little warning. But great for now.

And he did a morning of school yesterday. Played outside with everyone. All good news. And everything improving.

Trick or treating tonight. And apple-bobbing, for the more traditional.

1 comment:

Pampa and Judy said...

Great news, Joe: have fun trick or treating, and we'll see you tomorrow late evening or (more likely!) on Thursday morning after you've had a good sleep. Lots of love, Pampa and Judy. P.S. Pampa is getting sponsors here in Switzerland for shaving his head, so get those clippers ready!