Losing steam

Annie didn't quite make it to her appointment on the 21st.  We could tell her hemoglobin had dropped very low as she had to sit down after relatively short walks or trips up a staircase.  By the end of the day she didn't have the energy to sit up through dinner.  Thus we took her in for a hemoglobin transfusion yesterday.  Sure enough her hemoglobin was way down at 5.6 (the desired range is 11.5-15.5).  Her platelets were stable at 20,000 (desired range 150,000-350,000).  Although stable it wasn't enough to hold back two, two-hour long bloody noses that occurred since the last update.  We didn't see her doctor since we had to go for an unscheduled transfusion instead of our scheduled appointment.  We'll meet with her doctor next Thursday and update after that.