We were (kind of) surprised this morning when we got Leo’s blood results: his ANC was down to 190! The rest of his blood counts were great, so we were told that it was linked to his recent viral infection. Mama was getting concerned but apparently there is nothing to worry about: his bone marrow just needs time to recover. We did the procedure today (his lumbar puncture and chemo in the spine) and he got his I.V. chemo but we are holding off the rest of the oral treatment for now. We started the steroids though… it looks like we can’t get away from that one! 🙁

His general anesthesia went very well this morning; he is less scared now, although still pretty apprehensive. It helped to talk to him and have him “practice” the whole deal on his doll “Paul”! He had to wait until noon again though (NPO since last night), but he was very patient, so sweet and we kept busy with all sorts of projects brought from home and given out by clinic’ staff! Every time he goes up to the 6th floor for his procedure, he gets to pick a toy; today he chose very mean looking warriors from some kind of TV show (!) and he also picked something for Charlotte: that was so sweet, she was just thrilled! 🙂

We will check him again next Tuesday and see if we can start the oral chemo again and at what dose. Leo is much better, is less weaken by this gastro-enteritis and got most of his energy and appetite back. We saw what it is when he gets sick and we hope that it won’t happen too often! 😉