Great News and Relief

Hi, everyone. We saw the oncologist/hematologist today and received very good news. His words, after looking at her blood work, were that "leukemia isn't even on the radar". She is anemic and her white blood cell count is still a little low, but they follow the normal curve and show no indication of a problem. They drew more blood today and he will look at it tonight to make sure size, shape, etc looks okay and also will test her iron stores to make sure iron is definitely not the problem. He basically said that her "normal" is just a little low. Her platelet count is fine and she is completely symptom free for the anemia and neutropenia meaning it is benign. We do go back when she is two to have the tests redone to make sure everything is staying consistent. However, her levels have all been very consistent for the last 9 months so there is no cause for worry. He said the real worry is when two of the counts are significantly low at the same time and that is not happening with her. The pediatrician saw them as being low, but according to his charts that allow for variance she is barely below the averages in each area.

If the levels do drop, we will do more tests and there are injections that could be done to boost the cell count, but at this point it is not necessary. That would be last resort if she starts having problems with recurring infections or low energy (which we all know is not a problem for Mia!)

Thanks for all of the prayers, positive thoughts, etc. We really appreciate it!