Good News on Ethan :)

DAY +8......WE HAVE AN ANC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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We woke to AWESOME news! His ANC was 192 at day 8, WOW! Or should I say UNbelievable! They expect an ANC around two weeks in a typical bmt fashion, but sometimes sooner, we'll take it. Even though I get that 'too good to be true' fear going. This time it feels different though since we already have some engraftment and we are only wanting to suppress him, get a boost, and we saw his donor cells increase with steroid alone, plus Cytoxin is designed to wipe the slate clean AND we don't care if it is donor or Ethan making red cells or platlets we just need donor lymphocytes!-that was a mouth full, sorry. Ethan ate pizza and chocolate pudding last night and did fine with his fluid restriction. This morning his outs were not as good as his ins, not sure why but he always gets puffy with blood products and no Lasix. We will watch him close, as usual.
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The ticket to getting out of here is above 500 on ANC three days in a row, no pain med.s, and I think that is it. It is too early to think about going home but we can dream. I can't wait for the kids to join us but we will not let them near him until they have been isolated for a while. We take NO chances! We just can not wait to be together soon, I pray they do not get sick or it could take a long time to pass around 4 children