Day + 38 -Numbers Heading Wrong Way + update

Deb's numbers headed the wrong way and surprised us when they went down. Deb is looking and feeling better so we were hopeful that they would go up.

Deb need both platelets and red blood this morning. We are hoping our donor in Wisconsin gave platelets this week! The Red Cross provides all things blood and it seems 90 % of platelets have come from Wisconsin. Deb has a very hard type to match.

We are expecting our youngest son Stephen to arrive around 10 am.

Yesterday I mentioned that we do not get much communications from folks at home and last night we were pleased to hear from a number of old friends. Thanks!  I was surprised though that I got no pushback from Alabama and Texas friends.

Today will probably be a multiple post day, so please check back! I'll put +update in the title when more is added.

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Stephen arrived about 10 am.  He worked a double shift including overnight so he could be here a few days. Thanks Stephen!

They found the platelets that were needed. After about half were infused, Deb had a reaction so they had to be pulled.

The doc is concerned about the number direction so he ordered a few different meds and IVs. He said that if they could ever get  the white count up Deb's other problems would get better.

Blessings!

Platelets -(Normal range 150-500) a whitish colored component of blood. Low platelets=higher Woozy factor!
CRP -(Normal range = 0.0-10) An indicator of relative health. Lower is better. When the number creeps up, Deb could be getting sick.

Day  White Count  Platelets  CRP

0         0.04               29              12.8
1         0.07               15              77.0
2         0.03               42            140.3
3         0.07               27            144.1
4         0.23               52            206.0
5         1.21               33            168.2
6         2.32               26            214.0
7         2.29               11            209.3
8         2.84               25            230.2
9         2.32               12            234.1
10       2.66               24            220.1
11       2.50               15            196.0
12       2.54               28            186.0
13       1.98               18            181.0
14       1.22               28            199.9
15       0.95               20            138.6
Stem Cells on Day 15
16       0.83               32            129.4

17       0.86               22            121.4

18       0.70               12            110.3 

19       0.55                9             159.2

20       0.75              14             162.9
Admitted to hospital Day 20

21       0.36              26             127.9

22       0.53              13              86.2

23       0.34              28              59.6 

24       0.29              14              95.8 

25       0.38              28            114.5

26       0.40              17            129.1

27       0.37              29              87.0 

28       0.41              24              72.6 

29       0.35              12              73.3 

30       0.59              30              95.4

31       0.37              17              84.5

32       0.19              35              80.5

33       0.25              25              94.3 

34       0.05              24            117.0
Stem Cells on Day 34 

35       0.17              20            109.5 

36       0.16              10            102.9 

37       0.18              28            111.5

38       0.11              10            140.5