Still No Real Answer but We Are "HOPEFUL"

We had a long morning waiting for the doctor. 2 hours later we were done after about 45 minutes with her discussing all of Zoe's blood tests.

She is "hopeful" this is a virus but is concerned there is something else along with it. She was concerned that it has been so long with a low WBC. She did say the possibility exists that this is not just one thing but a combo - yet "hopeful" it is only a virus.

For right now we wait another 2 weeks to run another blood test with a blood smear. The week after we go back to see her and talk about what was found.

If Zoe continues to have the headaches she will order a scan on her head to "worst case scenario make sure she doesn't have a brain tumor" I am to monitor the headaches closely along with monitoring her activity level.

She told me that if Zoe's WBC is still low or lower we will talk about doing a bone marrow biopsy when we see her on July 10th. Of course this was followed by why we would do the biopsy and that was because of the possibilities of this still being leukemia (she called it Acute Leukemia http://kidshealth.org/parent/medical/cancer/cancer_leukemia.html ) but said "if it is, we are lucky because we will be catching at the very beginning stages" The biopsy would be a definite answer.

The doctor found no reason at this point to stop Zoe from doing the things she always does....she told me to just make sure I listen to her and if something is becoming too much she is to rest.

We were sent home and told to obtain all prior CBC that have been ran on Zoe over the past 6 years so that she can see where Zoe's baseline WBC is.

I walked out not feeling fearful like I thought I would, but feeling in the term the Doctor used "HOPEFUL" - Hopeful that on July 10th, in 3 weeks from today we will have more answers even if that answer is moving on to the next step and running a biopsy. I feel like we are moving forward and on the right path to help Zoe.............YES I AM HOPEFUL!