Will Armstrong is Sam and Angie Armstrongs little boy with Leukemia that so many of you have been praying for and supporting by making meals for the family or watching his sister Katie. Sunday at church, we mentioned that he needed an extra amount of prayer as he was hospitalized with a fever often touching 105 and white blood cell counts as low as 0. Here is Sam and Angie’s update as of yesterday. Things look like they are going better.

“Will is doing much better today. His fever has pretty much stayed below 100 since 7am this morning. We should know what he has by tomorrow am. Barring any new fevers, we could go home on antibiotics as early as Wednesday morning. Thank you all for praying.”
Sam
Today’s counts:
WBC: 0.3 (Normal 6.0-12.5)
ANC: 0 (Normal 2500-3000)
HGB: 9.3 (Normal 10.5-13.5
HCT: 27.0 (Normal 31.0-40.1)
PLT: 42,000 (Normal 130,000-350,000)

Continue to keep him in prayer. You can check out his online journal here::

When I visited the family at the hospital yesterday, I asked them what they wanted me to share with their Terra Nova family. In typical unselfish Armstrong fashion–they told me to tell everyone to go donate blood somewhere as Will is the recipients of more blood transfusions than they can count and feeding the blood bank helps so many like Will.

Update on wednesday morning showing some sense of resolution to this::

“So, he had an infection in his port line. The latest cultures drawn show that the infection is gone which is good news. He’ll be sent home on IV antibiotics today and they want to see him again on Friday in the Clinic. His ANC is still 0, so he basically has NO immune system. Our goal now is to keep infection and fever away by limiting visitors, good hand washing, stay home or in the car, wear a mask when we leave the hospital, etc… He received a blood transfusion yesterday and will get platelets today before they send him home.
He did get his Vincristine yesterday. So translated this means he got the last dose of chemo in the Delayed Intensification phase and should start Long Term Maintenance as soon as his counts rebound.
Boy, you wouldn’t know there was anything wrong with him if you saw him playing here in the hospital toyroom. Well, I guess his cute little bald head and face mask he’s wearing give an indication of something…but he’s in good spirits. He woke up this morning and said, “Hey Mommy! Let’s go home!”
~Angie”