Home with a zero ANC.

Hi all. Hope everyone is doing well! Sorry for the long break in posts again. We have been home since last Monday and Jillian is doing great. She's so happy to be home and to be close to her family. Everything is going well at home. We did labs yesterday and her ANC came back zero. Which is as expected since she got a high dose of chemo on Friday to finish up induction. We are now waiting for her counts to recover so we can do her bone marrow aspiration and to start consolidation pending her results. We had her procedure scheduled for this Friday but it looks like they are rescheduling her to give her counts some more time to go back up. Since her ANC is zero it will be pointless to look at her cells for leukemia since there are not many to look at right now. We were hoping to get it done Friday but waiting will be fine too. I'm happy to be able to give her body some rest before starting another round of intense chemo. Even though she is going through all this tough treatment she is still high spirited, as usual.

We are spending lots of time at home this week since her numbers are so low. I don't think she minds much actually. She is happy to just be home from the hospital. Daniel heads back to work tomorrow so it will just be the kids and I during the day. William had a big day today in school. I got a message from his teacher that he is actually singing the full ABC song. We had him sing it with us at home too and he did so well! It's awesome to hear his voice forming letters and words. He's doing so great too.

So as of right now we are just waiting on count recovery and doing labs a few times a week. We may not have to go to Stanford too much since we can get all her labs and check ups done locally. Hoping to stay home as much as possible since the first week or so of consolidation will be spent inpatient. We are ready for that so we are enjoying our time home now! Keep those prayers coming for Jill. She's still hanging tough but can use all your prayers and blessings! Thank you to everyone who is still following her story. I will continue to keep everyone updated as treatment goes on!