Ronan was born on June 13, 2001 in Edmonton to Joe and Ali. He is a big brother to Malcolm; grandson to Lydia, Teresa and Bob; nephew, cousin and friend to many. A 4th grader at Prince Charles School; musician; music lover; chess champion; Harry Potter fan; bananagram-er; card shark; board gamer, corny joke teller. And cancer fighter.

This blog is intended to ensure that Ronan’s vast support team of family and friends are connected, informed and engaged while he, dad Joe, mom Ali and brother Malcolm help him beat a terrible, scary disease - embryonal sarcoma, a rare childhood liver cancer. So welcome to Ronan’s blog. Sit, read, cry, and vow to fight this fight with Ronan, Malcolm, Ali and Joe. And please leave a few words of encouragement with a Comment.

Friday, January 7, 2011

Neutropenic once again

Ronan's neutrophil count - neutrophil being the most important type of white blood cell - is low again (hence the term neutropenic). The great news is that he hasn't had a fever! Yeah! Hopefully the counts will be back to normal on Tuesday - without us visiting the hospital over the weekend. If his temperature reaches 38C he is considered a "medical emergency" because he is at serious risk of infection. So we'll be avoiding crowds and public places this weekend.
Uncle Duane sent Ronan the "Star Wars" triology and the boys have enjoyed the first two movies so far... they have all the spaceships, planets, characters etc. memorized because of Lego - and they are really, really engaged. And then there is the Wii...

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