We were so glad, and actually pleasantly surprised, this morning when we got Léo’s blood test: his ANC was at 1,000, which means that there is no need to adjust his treatment at the moment. We will probably check him again in about 2 weeks to see where he is at, although our next appointment so far is only scheduled for the end of January. We look forward to having him stable in his maintenance and we hope that his blood counts will remain high like this!

Today Léo met a little pal, Cooper, who was diagnosed with the same disease at about the same age, Pre-B ALL, but at “low risk”. They are just 4 months apart; Cooper will turn 3 at the end of April. Their experience is very different compared to ours (his chemo treatment is much lighter), but the little one is doing just as well. He is not bothered by the treatment either. In that way Cooper is, according to his mother, being compared to Léo very often at the hospital! 🙂 They were both happy to have a play date, and especially Cooper, as he doesn’t have any siblings to play with and since he also needs to be kept away from his little pals for now. Léo shared his room and toys very nicely. It feels good to connect with another family going through just about the same thing!

We had a nice, relaxing Christmas “staycation” and we look forward to having family over tomorrow. We wish you all a Happy New Year!