The Phamily Blog

Most of you already know this thanks to facebook and the lovely world of text messaging but for those of you still wondering...Gabby is HEALTHY! I have never been more thankful and grateful for mine and my family's health ever before.
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I was hoping for an email or a phone call sometime on Tuesday but that never happened so I went to bed Tuesday night with the intention of calling the hematologist on Wednesday afternoon. I was lying in bed on Wednesday morning after having a terrible dream that Gabby DID have Leukemia when suddenly, the phone rang. I knew it was probably the doctor because no one usually calls me that early.
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I immediately saw "Kaiser Permanente" on the caller I.D. and my stomach filled with butterflies. The doctor told me she wanted to call and "give me the good news that there were no blasts found in Gabby's marrow and that she did NOT have Leukemia." I was SO relieved and I am sure she could feel me smiling through the phone. She went on to inform me that although they were still performing the biopsy, she could confidently tell me that there were no signs of Leukemia or Aplastic anemia. It was by far the best phone call I have ever received.

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This raises the question of WHY Gabby's white blood cells/neutrophils got so low. The doctor said it was just a "Transient" (something that goes away on its own) case of neutropenia. Her WBC's are all within normal range now. This was simply the absolute BEST case scenario and again, I am so overjoyed and grateful.