Bennett’s ANC today was 1,088 from 765. Yeah! We were glad to see it go up. His WBC is 1.6 from 1.7 and neutrophils are 68 from 45. His hemoglobin dropped to 7.9 from 8.9. Normal range is 12.5 to 16.5. He will be getting two units of blood transfusions tomorrow since his hemoglobin is very low. His platelets dropped to 112 from 173.

He had his MRI on his ankle. It was just like the other MRI he had a month ago when he was in the hospital. Today though he didn’t have to go all the way in the tunnel. The MRI is so loud. I recalled the other MRI he had. He was so sick with a fever at 103 and 104 degrees. I got that sick feeling all over again but said a prayer thanking God that Bennett is so much better. The Dr. that read the MRI told us as we were leaving that it looked like infection of the bone. He said he needed to stay off of it and purchase crutches. He said no wonder you have been in so much pain that it’s very painful. Bennett must be able to tolerate pain well because he would comment about his ankle hurting but not really complaining or upset about it.

His nurse called and said that they want to biopsy his ankle bone tomorrow to verify it is infection and what type of infection. His biopsy will be at noon. He will need to be NPO (no food/drink) because it will be minor surgery and he will be sedated.

The nurse wants us to be at the hospital at 8 a.m. so they can match his blood for the blood transfusion and start at least one unit of blood before the biopsy. It takes 2 hours to transfuse one unit so we will probably be at the hospital 8 to 9 hours.

His nurse also indicated that this very well could of been the infection in his body when he was admitted in the hospital and they couldn’t find it. He was discharged on Sat. May 17th and a week later on Tuesday, his ankle was swollen and he had an x-ray of it that showed he had fluid around it. We gave it about 2 weeks and it got worse one day so, we called his nurse and had to wait for the MRI today.

Please pray that Bennett’s blood transfusions go well tomorrow, (no allergic reaction) and that the biopsy goes well with no pain. We pray that whatever the biopsy shows that it is something that can be healed quickly and he continues to be in remission forever.

“Give ear, O Lord, to my prayer; and attend to the voice of my supplications. In the day of my trouble, I will call upon you, for you will answer me.” Psalm 86: 8-9