Bad: Henry is fighting a cold.Bad: Henry spiked a fever this afternoon and had to go to the hospital.
Bad: Henry had to have a blood draw while at said hospital.
Good: Henry's neutrophil count has increased in response to the cold he is fighting.
Fanfrickingtastic: Henry's count was SO high - 2600 high - he's not even considered neutropenic today.
We celebrated with a dinner of roast chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, and steamed broccoli, all of which Henry enjoyed thoroughly. What can I say? The kid loves his vegetables. Oh, and Darr and I also tried a new organic riesling from Snoqualmie and will be eating pumpkin pie as soon as I clean up the kitchen.
And so I put Henry to bed in his crib tonight sporting new pjs and a runny nose, and I am beyond gleeful in knowing that his body can open a can o' whup ass against foreign invaders. Nicely done, son.
7 comments:
(Wooot woot) x 10e2600!
yay! best cold EVER! that is wonderful!
Congrats! I am really hoping he didn't get the cold from us but either way, I'm glad he is fighting it well! But what's up with not eating mashed potatoes??? I've never heard of such a thing before!
Maybe his immune system is just more efficient than ours--he just breaks out the neutrophils when he needs them. The rest of the time, he just produces extra brain juice or something. I'm not a scientist, but I think somebody should look into it.
Go Henry.
OMG, that is AWESOME news!
Does this mean that he may be out of the woods, so to speak, or do you still need to be very careful? Will he continue to be checked weekly?
Way to go little dude!! :)
Auntie Jy
Congrats on leaving the low zone!
Celebrate w/this fine comic:
http://tinyurl.com/4vfd7v
Nice job Henry!
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