Blood test

Alex is part of a study to look into allergic reactions to asparaginase (one of the chemotherapy drugs) and he is in the control group.

So today he had an extra blood test. For this simple blood test we were at the hospital 3 hours! It's an amazing outpatients place - brand new and all bright colours and toys and games.

Blood test revealed that Alex is neutropenic which means a type of his white blood cells are very low, and he's at risk of serious infections. It's very scary.