Hi Annette!
Good that your mother is responding so well to Vidaza!
Too bad with the cold that decreased her WBC. Her WBC were perhaps low before the cold and all counts can decrease every time we get an infection.
When the most important type of WBC - the neutrophils - is very low we get infected by our own bacteria, virus and fungi.
You have to keep a record with all counts all the time. As soon as my neutrophils are very low (less than 1.0 for me) I have to take injections for the WBC called Neupogen.
Since I had neutropenic fever the first time 2007 I live like I have neutropenia (low neutrophils) - try to avoid all kinds of infections, control my temp every evening and so on.
http://www.oncolink.org/coping/article.cfm?c=358&id=970
Kind regards
Birgitta-A
75 yo, dx MDS Interm-1 2006. Supportive treatment with txs, Neupogen for low WBC and drugs for iron overload until 2010. Thalidomide 2010-2013 and Revlimid 2013-2014. Now waiting for home care because my HGB is 95 though I receive 2 units of blood every week and my neutrophils are only 0.7 though I take Neupogen every day.