counts for today

Chris had his counts checked today and we met with his oncologist.

Here are his counts:

Platelets are still obviously low but at least they got a little higher!  His white blood cell level going down a bit isn't a surprise either, typical after having chemotherapy.

We won't meet with his oncologist here until after we return from Houston.  We will be leaving the 12th and reporting to the Leukemia clinic on the MD Anderson campus at 9 the next day.  We will stay as long as the specialist there, Dr. Thomas, needs us to.  She will recommend a treatment to his oncologist here and we will return to Austin to have treatment here.  His oncologist here, Dr. Kampe, said that a variety of things could happen.  Dr. Thomas could recommend the same course of chemo (hyper-cvad), a new course of chemo, stopping the chemo and starting radiation, or maybe even recommending a bone marrow transplant.  We simply won't know any of this until after all the tests have been run and Dr. Thomas decides the best course of action.  

Thanks to the generous donations from friends and strangers we have gotten enough money to cover the cost of a hotel room and for food/gas while we are there.