Eric had a check in at clinic today. I thought for sure he would need blood as he woke up with headaches the last two days, but nope! His hemoglobin went from 86 on Sunday to over 100 today, all by itself. He did get fluids though, since lack of hydration could be causing the headaches. Unfortunately his ANC (Absolute Neutrophil Count - germ fighting white blood cells) is still zero, so his doctor says no school at least until his check up next Wednesday. However, Eric is allowed to go on the class field trip tomorrow to Grouse Mountain. He has to ride with me, and its no longer snowshoeing since there is no snow, but he's very excited to go on his first ever field trip!
Next steps: Eric is still taking this new (to him) oral chemo, Venetoclax, for another week and a half and will have a bone marrow biopsy after that to check in on how this treatment combo has worked for him. The biopsy will likely be 2 weeks today, give or take a few days.
Pic from outside the hospital this morning.
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