01/22/08 - Transfusion V
I'm posting this comment before my fifth transfusion. Late this morning, my oncologist's assistant got blood count results from yesterday. My platelets are low (11,000 vs. a normal low of 140,000) so I have to get a transfusion at 4:00 today to raise my platelets. My hemoglobin has also dipped to 10.3, so I will also receive a shot of Aranesp to boost my red blood cells.
A unit of platelets.
I will try to post the results of the hospital visit tonight. I expect it to go routinely...
It's 7:30PM and we just got back from Moffitt. The transfusion and injection went without a hitch, although there was a mosquito in Laura's car...
I will try to post the results of the hospital visit tonight. I expect it to go routinely...
It's 7:30PM and we just got back from Moffitt. The transfusion and injection went without a hitch, although there was a mosquito in Laura's car...
posted by Mark at 1/22/2008 01:22:00 PM
4 Comments:
Hi Mark,
Hope everything goes OK, and we get to see you this weekend.
Take Care,
Carson
Hopefully just a brief post-chemo dip that you'll get through quickly. Looking forward to a report of higher levels soon.
Scott
Female or male mosquito? I hate those females mosquitoes......bitches.
Fred,
I don't know if I was bitten, but my lower leg was itching and had a swollen area - but it could have been the transfusion. If it was able to bite, it would go after me...
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