Dr. Barnette was happy to see Kaitlyn looking so great with a "big cheezy grin" on her face as he put it. Her hair is growing thick now and her color is good. She feels like her energy is good and he talked with her about her plans for the rest of the summer--Make-A-Wish is sending us to Maine for a couple of weeks in August--and for when school starts in September. He was happy to hear about her visit to Saipan for graduation.
What about the labs? Okay--I felt like everything was good. Everything seemed to be going right. Still, it was nerve-racking for me, so finally I asked. (Sheesh! You would have thought that would be the first thing he would have addressed with a nervous mother sitting right there instead of shooting the breeze with the kid!)
Her labs are GREAT! Her white blood cell count is still slightly low--3600 whereas normal range is 4500-13000--but considering 9 months ago her WBC was 185,000 I have no problem whatsoever with it being slightly low. He said that many of his patients take 6-12 months to return normal counts after treatment, but at just 3 months out almost all of Kaitlyn's counts have already completely recovered and even the WBC is very, very close.
So, no more clinic until sometime in September. The doctor said to just call for an appointment sometime after we get back from Maine and to have a great trip. We plan on it! :)
