Typically was a few weeks, so any day now they will rise! if I recall it takes a few days for the counts after chemo to even bottom out, then they start rising and do so pretty quickly. It seems like forever while your waiting but usually by day 28-30 they were in the safe (low/normal) zone. but many patients have taken much longer, each person's recovery is different, but the counts WILL recover, even if it takes a lil longer.
Sending prayers & healing your dads way

Thank you, you are right it so hard to wait and not play the "what if " game.

Daisy,

I think I am one of the"queens" of slow count recovery during consolidation and I am now approaching two and a half years in remission next month-praise God! I have myself neuroendocrine shots daily from daddy ten until day 30. My anc would reach the magic 1.0 around day 35 but my Platelets (not effected by neupagon) took on acreage until day 65 to barely reach the 90s. Look at it this way, counts getting hit hard by the chemo is the goal because it is also hitting any residual cancer cells. Those counts WILL come up

Julie

Dang smart phone typos.

Gave myself neupagon shots from day 10 to day 30.

I feel your frustration. My sisters counts began to rebound around day 14 from each of her first 2 inductions. This third time, we are at day 22 and as yet they have not moved. As I related before, this last induction started with neupogen which was supposed to mobilize the leukemic cells to make them easier for the chemo to find and kill. She is VERY frustration with this slower rebound, but I choose to see it as positive, in that the first 2 inductions were unsuccessful, and this one is so much different. But we're still in the waiting game, praying for remission so we can move on to the BMT.

Daisy,

One other thing to be aware of. After the neupagon shots end and wbc and ANC go up then that may drop a little. This is also normal. Is your father in remission and have you found a match for sct?

Blessings
Julie

http://www.dailystrength.org/search?q=slow&t=discussion&community=Acute+Myelogenous+Leukemia+%28AML%29

Slow count recovery is probably one of our most common topics. The link above is a search on the word slow. 22 pages. I'm bringing this up because I so understand the frustration. I was told by my onc that I was outside of the bell curve. I am treated where they only see acute leukemia s and lymphomas that require sct. My head onc has 35 years of aml specialized aml expertise. He confirmed that my recovery is the longest he had seen. His perspective was that my marrow is very sensitive to the chemo and that is a positive. Btw, I had a lowered dose of chemo and a bmb between every consolidation to confirm remission. I hope my journey helps you understand that your family members are not unique.

Blessings
Julie