Israel took Anya to the clinic on Friday morning for her follow-up lab work. Unfortunately her ANC is back down (.628 or 628) and so again she is susceptible to infection.
She has a little cold right now, and we are thankful that it has not developed into something worse. She has no fever, but if that were to change we have to call the doctors immediately so that they can determine if she needs additional medical care.
The bummer about all of this is that we have to be real cautious with where we take Anya and who she is around. We allowed her to go to church today, but she wasn't able to play with the other children or mingle around with people. During the greeting time, she had to stay in her seat and it broke her little heart...this of course, breaks ours.
And we were supposed to have people over this evening for a Young Adult Meeting, including a couple kids, but we had to change the location of the meeting since Anya shouldn't be around a lot of people. Again...bummer.
The good news is that her other counts are within the acceptable range, so we don't have to fear relapse. Her low ANC is a result of her body trying to fight off all of the seasonal colds and other infections that come around. She is still on a half dose of the chemo and will be reevaluated on Feb 6 to make sure that the ANC count is recovering, or at the very least staying above .500. Thanks again for all your prayers! And please continue to pray that her counts would be high enough that she would be able to play freely with other kids and spend time with the folks that she cares so much about.
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Praying for you always.
Thanks for thinking of me! I do always think of you guys and your precious kids. I read Anya's blog all the time and pray for her when I think of you. It's nice to know how things are going with her and know what to pray for. Blessings of you!!
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