I have a tube that was placed in my chest called a central line. This tube is threaded into one of my big veins in my chest and stops right above my heart. This is how they draw my blood, give my chemotherapy and other medicines without having to poke me with needles.
Twice a week I go to the oncology clinic at Lucille Salter Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford (LPCH) to get my blood drawn. They check my blood counts and look at a bunch of things but especially my red blood cells (RBC), platelets (PLTS) and white blood cells (WBC).