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DAY +12
Recover
Monday, September 9


QUOTE

Watching a vintage cartoon where a mob of rats nearly execute a cat, and the cat's 9 lives emerge to rescue and revive the cat, Simon remarked:
"I can't believe we have one soul and cats have nine. That's amazing."


GLOSSARY

BLOOD COUNTS
WBC (white blood cells; infection-fighters) normal range: 4.5-13.5 K/MM3
Hemoglobin (carries oxygen in blood, low=anemic) normal range: 12.5-16.0 g/dl
Hematocrit (not totally sure, but related to red blood cells) normal range: 36.0-49.0%
Platelets (blood clotters; low means risk of internal/external bleeding) normal range: 150-450 K/MM3
ANC (absolute neutrophil count; basic measure of immune system) normal range: 1.8-10.1 K/MM3

GLUTAMINE an aminio acid that can reduce mouth sores after intensive chemotherapy. Not commonly used at UM Hospitals, but hightly recommended by other parents in our Neuroblastoma listserv community. Dr. Yanik said it would be OK to try it and ordered it for Simon.

MYEOLOABLATIVE destroying of bone marrow. Pre-transplant chemotherapy is designed to kill off all bone marrow in the body. The transplant introduces new cells to create new marrow.

NEUPOGEN white blood cell production stimulating agent; injected subcutaneously while WBC is low.

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TODAY'S COUNTS
WBC: 1.2
Hemoglobin: 10.8
Hemotocrit: 31.0
Platelets: 17
ANC: 1040
Transfusions: none

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