January 06, 2014 Clinic Visit

Evan visited the clinic today to draw blood from his port for evaluation.  His color and spirits are good and he was playful.  His big brother Ethan came along for moral support.  Accessing Evan's port has become much easier and his anxiety over the process has diminished substantially.  The doctor felt prior to the blood work analysis that he would probably discontinue the nupagen (sp).

Unfortunately his blood work came back disappointing.  His white count is now 2.0 and was 11.5 a few days ago along with the neutrophils that are now 8.0 and were 77.0 a few days ago.  His ANC has also plummeted from 9200 to 160; so there is no discontinuation of the nupagen.  He has another appointment on Thursday the 9th to see if levels have increased.  Evan also is scheduled to see the Orthopedist in Tampa Florida at the Moffitt center on Friday the 10th.