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.

Sunday, January 8, 2012

Day 27

Sunday.  It has been a difficult weekend.  Poor Riley did not feel well at all today.  Because of his weird reaction to Marinol yesterday, (and he did not like the way it made him feel), he was given Adavan to help with nausea today.  It didn't work at all.  He couldn't keep anything down and felt soooo tired.  Out of it all day!  Vince spent the night with Riley and convinced him to try the marinol again for the queasiness.  And for heaven sakes... he needed to eat!!  Riley took the marinol and fell asleep kinda early.  It was a hard day.

Labs today:
White blood cells: 0.4 (normal 4.5 - 13.5)
Red Blood cells:   9  (normal 13.5 - 17.5)
Platelets:  35   (normal 150 - 425)
ANC:  10 ( < 500 = severely neutropenic)
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