Jacob's ANC is 100 today!!!
Let me explain what this means to everyone who isn't familiar with blood "counts". ANC is a type of white blood cell and you may know from science class that white blood cells are the part of our immune system that goes around our bodies battling off bacterias and infections. There's a whole bunch of different types of white blood cells, but the ANC is the one that we watch the closest for Jacob. The doctors call these the "first line of defense". So, without them...he can get sick really easily. The exciting part is that since his marrow is starting to make this little army of ANC, he will be able to come home again soon!
The doctor wants to watch him through the weekend to be sure that his little army is multiplying enough to stay keep up the fight and multiply all at the same time. As he makes these cells, they immediately get to work rushing in to anywhere he has infection or sores or anything wrong in his body. This can keep the counts low for a little while and even make them go down a bit before they come back up. So, hopefully he'll be clear by Monday and have enough of those little soldiers to let him go outside into the big wide world. :)
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