Mar 8 - Day 33/30 - Party Poopers

No ANC party today. This morning I called the nurse at 7:20 am after the morning drop off at school to check Jessie's morning labs. If her ANC was low my plan was to work for a few hours and go down at lunch time because I knew they would not let her go. If her ANC was higher and over 250, then I would go early expecting to bring her home.
I went to work....Jessie is staying....and probably for longer than we originally anticipated. Her ANC was 54 this morning. :-(  It needs time to build back up. There are 3 plausible reasons WHY this could be happening:
1. she just got off the ATRA which pushes cells into the bloodstream and therefore her ANC was artificially inflated while she was on it. Has the doctor ever seen a drop like this? Yes. If this is the case, it may take a week or more for it to pop back up.
2. She had a virus which pushed her ANC down.
3. She has an infection hiding that doesn't show up in blood work or cultures and the white blood cells are going to the site and are not in the count.
Truth is it is probably a combination between 1 and 2. They don't think she has any infections because she has not had a fever for over 48 hours and she looks and feels great!
It's just a bummer that she has to be here, but better safe than sorry.

Jessie said she had a massage therapist last night that specializes in lymphatic drainage. She found that particularly interesting. Now the physical therapist is here working her out doing stretching and walking. She just got off the internet with her home/hospital teacher. She did several hours of school work today. She has been waiting so patiently to play Zoo Tycoon (the complete set) which she ordered from the internet when she was at home. We got it yesterday in the mail. I teased her last night with a text saying "it's here!". She was so excited. She had so much to do today before she can play: school, physical therapy, shower then play! Is there a class that you can get credit for being a Tycoon?