Well, today’s routine blood draw didn’t go off without a hitch. Her new visiting nurse is her former LNA from CHaD! She had troubles getting blood from her port so we had to drive up to Dartmouth today and have Rich do her blood draw. While there Alexa looked on with glee as I got a flu shot and we headed home. Rich just called with the CBC results and it seems Miss Lex is neutropenic, ANC is 481 and WBC is 1.7ish. Unexpected for me but apparently this happens and as she had been sick a couple of weeks ago the nurse surmises that perhaps the virus bumped her immune system down. So, my nerves will be on edge tomorrow as she attends a nature class at Audubon with a bunch of other kids. She’s good about gelling, and it’s only for 1 1/2hrs and I believe outside so a trip to the library after and home again for birthday supper and we’ll be laying low until her blood draw in a week. In the meantime she is off all her chemo.
About
Alexa (aka "Pixie") is a 12 year old sixth grader in Concord, NH. She was diagnosed with High Risk precursor B-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia(ALL) in April 2010. She lives with her mother and grandparents and is in remission and currently in treatment at the Children's Hospital at Dartmouth. Her mum is documenting the highs and lows of this challenging road from cancer patient to cancer survivor.
Sending love and light your way! Hugs xoxox
By: Karisma on October 17, 2011
at 6:33 pm