Good lab check

We went into the doctor's office for a quick blood check before chemo tomorrow. Logan's numbers are looking really good and there are more normal values. His white blood cells are in the normal range. His platelets are still in the normal range, but now right in the middle of the range vs just barely normal. His hemoglobin which is what takes oxygen to the body is still low at 9.8 (the range is 11.5-14.5), but is not dropping which is good. And his ANC, which is a measurement of many cells in his immune system and tells us the level of risk of getting sick, is doubled from last week at 1364 and 1400 is considered in the average range (according to the lab sheet). So, all that is just a fancy way to say that his body is producing the healthy cells right now and they are getting back to normal. It is another indication that his body is responding to treatment.

We have 8 days of the steroids left, and I do notice that Logan is less grumpy overall. He really only gets upset when he is hungry and wants more food. He seems to have one big spurt of hunger each day in which he cannot seem to get filled up. Some days it is the morning and he wants to eat several times before 9am. And then other days like yesterday, it was in the afternoon and he had lunch, snacks, some more lunch, and still wanted more. I am starting to find some times when I can bargain with him and put him off a short time, but he never forgets.

Here is a picture of us from yesterday. He has certainly filled out over the past 3 weeks.