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Hello Everyone,
Your support is overwhelming. Thank you. Sam had some good and not-so-good news today. His temperature has gone back up (to about 104) but not too high and his red blood cell count dropped (which had been normal). On the plus side, his white blood cell count nearly doubled (to 2400) and his neutrophils were also up. His X-rays and ultrasound found nothing particularly interesting (no tumors or enlarged organs), there was a minor comment on his heart, so we're following that up. Sam had a sample of bone marrow taken so that the doctors can investigate his inconsistent and abnormal blood counts. Results from that test and a blood culture may not be back for several days. In the meantime, when we visited Sam tonight, he was still pretty down from the anesthesia (for the bone marrow aspiration) so he was definitely in need of sleep. We're hoping that his fever will plateau or will come down overnight without any additional medication. The doctors have also added another antibiotic to his IV to cover some more bases.
You are all wonderful and we appreciate your caring more than you could possibly know. Please keep the good thoughts coming and we'll keep encouraging Sam to be strong.
Take care, and love to everyone,
Jen, Mike, Sam, Abby, the cats, and Emmy
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