Yeah!  Bennett’s ANC today was 1,275!  We are so pleased.  We all were starting to get nervous of why his bone marrow wasn’t producing wbc especially since he hasn’t had any chemo in 3 weeks. His WBC was 2.5 and had 51 neutrophils.  His Hemoglobin dropped to 9.5, his nurse said not to worry about it that it’s fine.  Platelets went up to 146.

The creatinine is 1.3 from 1.5.  Not as big of decrease of what we would like.  His Dr. thought though since he isn’t taking the ampho drug anymore that it should go down so she agreed to take him off iv fluids!  Bennett just has to drink a lot and he is just doing fair with this.  He was so happy to be de-accessed today which means he could take a shower and not to have to worry about bumping the needle that was in his port.  His potassium is low at 3.0 and normal starts at 3.6.  Dr told him to eat at least a banana a day.  

“YOU HAVE TO SEE IT TO BELIEVE IT”  Bennett’s team had a double header tonight in DuQuoin and won both games.  Bennett’s legs were really bothering him before the game.  We are assuming they are soar from the activity he has done the last few days that his body isn’t use to.  He batted twice and got a single, walk, RBI, 2 runs scored.  His legs/ankle became increasingly worse so he asked the coach to take him out of the game.  He was limping to the dugout.  If truth be told, Bennett should of probably not of even attempted to play but the excitement, confidence, and satisfaction for just those few minutes was worth the pain in his legs.  His team doesn’t play for several days so we are praying that his legs will be healed and he will continue to gain strength each day.  It was unbelievable that he dressed for the game but to get a hit and runs for his team is from the grace of God.