First Follow up. – The Amazing Noah

We just left the pediatric cancer clinic and Noah’s number are “ok” for now. They checked his electrolytes and full

CBC. No transfusion today. They will check him on Thursday morning before he goes down for his (2) hour chemo.

As long as he is eating and drinking…sleeping is his way of coping with the nausea and his body from the chemo. If anything changes within the next two days, he will have to go in ASAP.

So, we are happy he can just continue to rest at home.

Symptoms

ALL symptoms start when leukemia cells crowd out normal blood cells in bone marrow. The types of symptoms your child has will depend on the numbers of cancer cells and healthy blood cells.

Children with B-cell ALL may:

Bleed or bruise more easily than usual

Feel very tired

Get infections more often

Lose their appetite

Other symptoms include:

Bone or joint pain

Limping

Fever

Pale skin

Red or purple spots called petechiae on the skin

Swollen lymph nodes in the neck, underarms, or groin

If the cancer cells travel to your child’s liver and spleen, these organs can grow large enough to make the belly swell. In some boys, the testicles can also grow larger.