Sunday, August 15, 2010

August Numbers

Sorry for the delay in posting this. We've been very busy this summer (as it should be!).

WBC - 8.7
HGB - 13.1
PLT - 349

SEG - 40
LYMPH - 50
MONO - 6
EOSIN - 3
BASO - 1

Manual Differential Count:
SEG-M =43
LYMPH-M = 41
MONO-M = 8
EOSIN-M = 1
BASO-M = 2 (HIGH)**
Atypical Lymph = 5 (HIGH)**

**Those last two numbers freaked me out when I saw the print out. They were the only flags on his CBC but any flag at all makes me worry. After talking to Eric (my Amateur Oncologist) and then Dr. Rosen (Logan's actual Oncologist) I now feel much better. It seems that those two numbers reflect that Logan has been fighting some type of "normal" infection. He did have strep throat earlier that month and was currently fighting a cold so all can be explained. Next checkup will be in September.