Sebastian loves his DVDs! He likes to take out the cases and arrange them on the floor. Then he checks out each DVD cover and the ads inside. He usually comes over to me and then tells me which ones he wants us to buy for him.
You can see that Sebastian hasn't lost all of his hair, and that he still has his wonderfully long eyelashes (I wish I had them!). The next phase doesn't include drugs that really lead to hair loss, so he might grow some back before the final phase, which again will include drugs that do have hair loss as a side effect. Sebastian really doesn't notice (or care) that he has less hair.
We are really hoping that during this two week break that his blood counts will be good enough to allow him to go outside and play with some of his friends. I think he misses the social contact with other kids his age.
For those that like all the medical info, here are some of his values from the last blood test on Tuesday:
RBC (red blood cells) = 2.41 T/l (normal range 4-5.2)
Hemoglobin = 7.6 g/dl (normal range 11.1-14.3)
WBC (white blood cells) = 1.44 g/l (normal range 5-15)
Platelets = 458 g/l (normal range 150-450)
ANC (absolute neutrophile count - it should be over 1.00 if he is allowed to go outside and play) = 0.75 (normal range 1.5-8.1)
These values probably dropped the last couple of days because these were the results before he received the chemo on Tuesday. Hopefully on the weekend, the values will be back up again.
Have a nice weekend - Grandpa and Grandma from Nebraska are flying in on Sunday, so we are all excited.
Suz
You can see that Sebastian hasn't lost all of his hair, and that he still has his wonderfully long eyelashes (I wish I had them!). The next phase doesn't include drugs that really lead to hair loss, so he might grow some back before the final phase, which again will include drugs that do have hair loss as a side effect. Sebastian really doesn't notice (or care) that he has less hair.
We are really hoping that during this two week break that his blood counts will be good enough to allow him to go outside and play with some of his friends. I think he misses the social contact with other kids his age.
For those that like all the medical info, here are some of his values from the last blood test on Tuesday:
RBC (red blood cells) = 2.41 T/l (normal range 4-5.2)
Hemoglobin = 7.6 g/dl (normal range 11.1-14.3)
WBC (white blood cells) = 1.44 g/l (normal range 5-15)
Platelets = 458 g/l (normal range 150-450)
ANC (absolute neutrophile count - it should be over 1.00 if he is allowed to go outside and play) = 0.75 (normal range 1.5-8.1)
These values probably dropped the last couple of days because these were the results before he received the chemo on Tuesday. Hopefully on the weekend, the values will be back up again.
Have a nice weekend - Grandpa and Grandma from Nebraska are flying in on Sunday, so we are all excited.
Suz
