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.

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Day + 27

Wednesday.   Today was a big day.  Around 30 days post transplant they do a biopsy and send results out of state for an ENGRAFTMENT STUDY.  This will tell us how well Riley has engrafted with the new cells.  How much of Riley is -Riley- or -Preston-. ?  We'll see.  
Riley has continued to have a slight wheeze and it was a little worse right before the biopsy.  He is a pro and took the breathing treatment like it was nothing.  Riley has endured so much and really not complained.  He is a brave boy!

We were so hungry after leaving the hospital.  We had to be there very early this morning and Riley could not eat anything because of the biopsy.  Riley woke up from the anesthesia wanting "Famous Daves"!  I would never turn down "Famous Daves"!  As we pulled into the parking lot, I was planning on getting food to go, but the parking lot was empty.  We decided to stay and be "regular".  It was past the lunch crowd and before the dinner crowd.  After wiping down the table with clorox wipes, we enjoyed a delicious lunch together!  
Labs today:
White blood cells:  3.6  (normal 4.5 - 13.5)
Red Blood cells: 12.3  (normal 13.5 - 17.5)
Platelets: 75  (normal 150 - 425)
ANC:  2664  ( < 500 = severely neutropenic) (normal 2,000 - 5,000)
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