View Single Post
  #3  
Old Wed Jun 5, 2013, 12:26 PM
Neil Cuadra Neil Cuadra is offline
Owner
 
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Los Angeles, California
Posts: 2,553
curlygirl,

ANC is computed as the product of WBC and the percentages of certain types of white cells as found in a white cell "differential" test. When the white count is stable this produces a measure of susceptibility to infection. If your younger son is still battling an infection it could be making his white count highly variable, producing the unstable ANC result. If the infection has already cleared up then I don't have a theory about the unstable ANC.

The doctors have their work cut out of them, keeping his counts up and finding an appropriate treatment plan. What diagnosis have they given you?

If you're trying to keep your son away from sources of infection, following his lab results, working with the doctors, and asking them your questions at each appointment, then you are doing just what you should be doing. I hope they soon figure out what's best to do for your son.
Reply With Quote