July 2013 Blood Counts

We recently had birthdays birthdays birthdays around here... Paul was on Wednesday last week, and Jasper turned 10 on Friday...
That's right, T.E.N!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I will do another post on that soon, but today is about recent blood counts...

We had bloods done yesterday - 1 July. The doctors are all happy with him. Everything is kind of sitting where it has been.

It would be nice to see him crack 25kg, but he is at 24.4kg... His height is 129.0cm.
The only real concern is his cholesterol which is 5.9. That is pretty high. 3 months ago, at biopsy time, Jasper was fasting and his cholesterol was 6.3. The doctors aren't sure what the go is, so I have an email in to one of FA doctors in America to see if she can assist us!

Here are the blood counts:

• in brackets is the "normal" range.
• the first number is what he was 3 months ago
• the second number is from yesterday.

White Cells (4.5-14.5)         3.90        4.50
Haemoglobin (115-155)       135         131
Platelets (150-400)               112         110
Red Cells (4.00-6.00)          3.71         3.72
MCV (75-92)                      103          105
Neutrophils (1.5 - 8.0)          0.94         1.24

So not much moved, it was all pretty consistent.

We saw a different doctor this time, and it is always interesting to see their take on things.. she is more transplant focused, but we are no where near that stage!!

As FA kids get older, there are more complications and considerations to take in. It is a  true balancing act, and the time to act is not clear... I don't think it ever will be.

For now, we are grateful to have our boy reach "double digits" with no real complications. He is a healthy child, with energy on top of energy.
He drives us crazy, we love him more than anything.

thanks for reading

Brooke