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.

Monday, January 2, 2012

Day 21

Monday.  Riley is doing well besides a funny tummy.  He was feeling nauseous most of the day.  Still hangin in tough though. The doctor gave him a patch that sits behind his ear.  We'll see if that does the trick... His friend Jon Ross came to visit with his siblings, one of which had leukemia as a child.  It is so fun for Riley to have visitors!  What good friends he has!! 


Here Riley is on his walk.  Today he did 20 laps.  10 going one direction and 10 going the other.  Just spicing it up a little :)

Labs today:
White blood cells: 0.8 (normal 4.5 - 13.5)
Red Blood cells: 8.4 (normal 13.5 - 17.5) (received 2 units)
Platelets: 26 (normal 150 - 425)
ANC: 8 ( < 500 = severely neutropenic)
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