Good news for Julia!

You may remember that Julia has a condition called Benign Neutropenia of Childhood. She has to have blood drawn every month to check it's status. We have to be extra careful of infections with her, especially if she were to get a scratch. If her temperature ever gets to 101.2, we had to take her to the ER to have a CBC and get pumped full of antibiotics. If this were to continue, she was probably going to have a bone marrow test, which I hear is excruciating! SO! We were thrilled to get the results of yesterday's blood draw. Her neutrophil levels were over 1000 and the doctor declares himself done with her! It actually seems a little hasty to me to be done just because the numbers were good once. They've fluctuated so much in the past and just because they've been high before, the doctor still wanted to see her again. But the age of two is the age that children usually grow out of this condition so that's that. I'll still bring it up with the pediatrician but for now, we're just glad she's done with the monthly appointments!