Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML)
is a fast-growing cancer of the blood and bone marrow. In AML, the bone marrow makes many unformed cells called blasts. Blasts normally develop into white blood cells that fight infection. However, the blasts are abnormal in AML. They do not develop and cannot fight infections. The bone marrow may also make abnormal red blood cells and platelets. The number of abnormal cells (or leukemia cells) grows quickly. They crowd out the normal red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets the body needs.

Thursday, January 5, 2012

Day 24

Thursday.                                                    
Dec. 2011

Jan 2012

Jan 2012

I finished the puzzle today.  Puzzles are a tradition for the Gibson family.  Something we do after Christmas and through New Years.  It is always a very fun thing to do.  I thought it would be a fun distraction for me and Riley.  Turns out Riley wasn't much help :)  but  it was a great escape for me.  When I needed a mental break, I would just stare at this puzzle.  Somehow it helped me. 

Riley only ate a few bites of jello today... to please his mom : /  --- So nauseous! ugh.

Labs today:
White blood cells: .7  (normal 4.5 - 13.5)
Red Blood cells: 8   (normal 13.5 - 17.5)
Platelets:  32  (normal 150 - 425)
ANC:  7   ( < 500 = severely neutropenic) (normal 2,000 - 5,000)

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