I Have Got To Admit (Updated)

things are usually far from boring around here. Remember that post I wrote about Little Man's medicine and the concern about bone marrow suppression? (If not, click on the link, I will wait for you, ::::::foot tapping:::::)
We got a call from Dr. Ruby last night. Little Man's white blood cell count is quite low. How low? I don't know, I forgot to ask, (I was busy trying to process the information) Not like incredibly low, but low and what is more, I guess a pretty big drop from the previous week. I guess the size of the drop was concerning the doctor more than the actual number. Don't ask me what it was, she didn't tell me and I was too busy trying to think to ask *. Dr. Ruby said, let's keep an eye on it, go in the beginning of next week for another blood draw and we will talk about it with his ped and maybe Hematology. She did say, if anything happens,(fever, infection, since his white count is low, his ability to fight off stuff is weaker than normal) take him in sooner rather than later. Guess who has red, inflamed gums this morning? Uh yeah. He doesn't have a fever and we have decided to keep an eye on it for a while and see how the day progresses. Plus we have respite and after months and months of not having any, I am loathe to give it up for a trip to the ER for a kid whose only symptom is red, inflamed gums. (I can see the ER docs laughing me out of the room! If it were a weekday, I would take him to his ped, but it isn't, so the flow chart gets more complicated) I had noticed a couple of days ago when I was brushing his teeth that he had a line of red above his teeth. If he had a fever, or if it was obviously infected, we would be going in now, but I think we can just keep an eye on it for now and see how things pan out. And as I mentioned above, things are rarely boring around here.
How do you like the new digs? I thought I needed a change up around here. I might change it up again, we will see...

******Update*******
Gum Watch: Not looking any worse as far as I can tell. Still red and inflamed, a little swollen. Now I am really glad I didn't take him in. I am guessing he will be fine til Monday, we have to go in for another blood draw anyway and I will see if I can leave his doc a message on Monday too.


*Actually, I was trying not to panic, we are just now getting this boy's mood, behavior and sleep, stablized and changing up his medication is likely to end up in messing up one or all three of those things, and arrrghhhhh, I can't think about that, cause it makes me want to drive my van into the Great, stinky, fly infested, sea monkey inhabited, lake!