Good Day, but Low Cell Counts

White Blood Count - 750 cells/microliter
Absolute Neutrophil Count - 50 cells/microliter
Segmented neutrophils - 6.2%
Band Neutrophils - 0%
Lymphocytes - 39.5%
Monocytes - 48.2%
Eosinophils - 4.9%
Basophils - 1.2%
Metaphils - 0%
Myeloblast - 0%

Yesterday and today were both really good for Cael. He only threw up once yesterday and today, right after his first bottle of the day. Otherwise, he kept everything down. That is a definite improvement.

He also seems to be getting stronger. That might just be that he is feeling better, but he is much more active. Today he was working on pulling himself up to a stand. He is totally bypassing the crawling thing. He can't even get himself from a sit to a laying position without just flopping backward. But he CAN pull himself up to a stand from a sit with a little bit of help. I really can't wait to get him around furniture. I'm so sure he is going to be pulling himself up all the time.

Unfortunately, his neutrophil count went down some more today. The doctors don't seem too concerned just yet. They said with cord blood transplants, the cells take longer to come back, so that's what they think is happening. On the plus side, his white cell count and monocyte counts went up a lot, so he still has cells multiplying, but the neutrophils just aren't being as quick. I don't really know the difference in all the cell types, but I know the neutrophils are the really important ones that he needs before he has his immune system restored.

Two weeks ago, a doctor told me that she thought we might be out of here in 2 weeks. Obviously that was WAY wrong. I didn't expect us to be out by now, and it doesn't look like we will be leaving anytime soon. The doctors haven't said anything about when he might be able to leave, so we don't really know what to expect. At this point, I'm just hoping we will be out of here by Christmas!