Regarding Labs

Things I talk about a lot...
ANC--is an aspect of his white blood cells. This number represent his ability to fight off a bacterial infection, there is no transfusion for this if it is low.
Normal range is 10,000-14,000(Jack is aceptable in 7,000-10,000 though)
Caution Zone is 500-1,000
Neutropenia is 0-500

HBG--is an aspect of his red blood cells, this shows if he is anemic or not, it is responsible for  carrying oxygen around to his body.
Normal range is 11 or higher
Low is below 10
Transfusion if lower than 8

Plateltes-- like the bandaide of the blood, keeps him from brusing and bleeding out.
Normal range is 150,000-450,000
Caution Zone is below 50,000
Transfusion if lower than 20,000

ANC is calculated using two of the five cell that make up your white blood cell count(WBC) and then multipied by your WBC. They are so closly related that I often use ANC and fail to mention the WBC at all. As with HGB and red blood cells.