Sarah's Cancer: Full Diagnosis

Still our smiley girl.

So we no have a confirmed diagnosis.  She has Pre-B ALL.  The leukemia is on the immature b-cells in the blood.  This is the most common and has a 95% cure rate according to some documentation that the social worker dropped off for us.  This gives us a lot of hope but it will be a long road to get through this.  We are grateful for the well wishes and the prayers on our behalf.  Thanks for the support.

Sarah sad from the needles

The medical numbers are as follows.  The white blood cell count was at 90,000 yesterday (normal is around 10,000).  Her numbers have dropped to 42,000.  Her platelet count yesterday was 15K and after the transfusion this morning, it is up at 77K.  They want it over 100K before they do the surgery today, so they are going to give her another transfusion of platelets.  The hemocrit numbers are at 21.9 (normal is 30+), so they are going to do a red cell transfusion as well.  Electrolytes, Sodium, Potassium, Magnesium numbers are all normal. Phospherus is at 4.1 (they are worried at anything over 6.0). Uric acid is 4.1 as well (over 5.0 is concerning).  So the numbers are encouraging.  

Thanks for the support.  We love you all.