January 09, 2014

Evan had another clinic appointment today to check blood counts and ANC levels.  Today his sister was along for the visit.  On January 06 his levels had plummeted  with very small white counts.  He has been receiving intramuscular Neupogen for stimulation of his marrow to produce more white cells faster since the ending of the first round of Chemo.  Today after only 3 days his counts have rebounded very nicely.  Today the counts are as follows: White cells 32.9; Neutrophils 41.0; Band Neutrophils 31.0 and ANC 23688!  Thank you Neupogen!

Since the levels are so good at this time Evan does not have to return to clinic until January 16, 2014 when his next round of Chemo is scheduled.  He is going to attend his VPK classes on Monday unless he shows signs of infection.  I know this is early on in the treatment process and there will be bad times ahead but it is nice to have some positive news early on.  Evan is beginning to lose hair so over the next week or so pictures will show his new and beautiful image!

Tomorrow is another big day for Evan.  We are traveling to the Moffitt Center in Tampa to have our first appointment with the specialist that will remove the cancerous bone and implant a prosthetic device for him.  I will be posting either Friday or Saturday on how that visit was and what the plan of attack is as well as the projected date of surgery.