Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Getting heavy




Thursday's blood counts were much of the same, platelets <5000, hmg 8.2, ANC 1300.  We're in a holding pattern where she seems to need a red cell transfusion every two weeks and, while we've staved off the platelet transfusions, the black and blues and minor bleeds are building up.  The other thing that's building up is the evidence that the ATG treatment did not work.  Friday is the day we meet with her doctor and, probably, discuss the path to another transplant.

Before I could post this entry Annie had a "bleeding event" in the form of a four-hour nose bleed.  Thus an unexpected trip to the hospital for platelets and hemoglobin today.

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