Kicking off the New Year Neutropenic Style

Coming off of the ski trip and Charlie's tiny bit of pneumonia his counts PLUMMETED! We went in for monthly chemo in January and were shocked at his counts. 62. Seriously his ANC was 62! It has NEVER been that low. ever. Nurse Sally said that it was due to his previous illness, but I've never seen an illness drop his counts so low. Charlies daily oral chemo was halted for two weeks again while he was neutropenic. They do give the IV chemo (vincristie) in this situation. A nice start to the new year, a break from Meds! Its like a gift, Charlie feels better for a few weeks and we imagine a life without cancer.

Since his counts were so low we decided to keep him home from school for a few days till his counts rebounded on the steroids. Here is a picture of Charlie hanging out at Nana's house during his "bubble" days.