The initial lab work

So thank god for new employment right? Tuesday I was scheduled to complete some pre-employment paperwork and blood work for my new job at wayne memorial hospital. To my surprise I had just gotten home from all this and was laying down because I had to work at 7pm that night, the doctor called from somewhere at wayne memorial to ask if I had been feeling alright, to which I responded that I was, he informed me that my white count was elevated and that he wanted to send this immediately over to my PCP. Not 15 minutes later my doctors office was calling for me to come in ASAP. This is serious I'm thinking as me and mom headed off to Carbondale. When I got a chance to speak to my provider I wanted to know just how high my counts were. He has always been a no BS guy and told me 54000 that's when I knew it was bad as a normal high usually sits around 10000. My thoughts start to race ok what could it be as I asked my PA he explained that with a count that high it was unlikely an infection I was hoping that maybe it could be my overdue tooth abscess but he didn't seem confident that an infection would cause this level without signs of sepsis. He said a level this high would most likely mean a form of leukemia. Shocking news, right? So he was rushing me to the a hematologist (blood doctor) to have further tests run. The guy couldn't see me until Thursday on his lunch break so I had two full days to research and worry not as fun as it sounds. Most likely due to my age I have Acute lymphocytic leukemia (http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/acute-lymphocytic-leukemia/DS00558) which is short is an aggressive leukemia that produces an over abundance of immature white blood cells that don't actually do anything. This is is commonly found in pediatric patients and the younger you are the better the chances of survival. Not that it calmed my fears I was afraid of the treatment as well...