"Just the Facts"--Tired, walking, ready to go home, counts are bouncing.
The big doctor was by today, to let B know that he will be gone to an out of town conference for 1 week. He said he didn't expect to see B in the hospital when he returned. B loved this comment, because it helped him overcome the disappointment of the wake up he got last night that let him know the White count went back down to point 2. All was not lost, as when I left tonight it was back up to point 3. So you can see that it is doing a bit of bouncing, just like the platelets. The Bone Marrow disease B has is part of the culprit. It provided a hostile environment to set up house, so the super cells are really having to work extra hard to get set up to start production. We keep being told that it could climb any day now. So we wait.
We have see some of the closely cropped hair on B's head fall out. So now without any shaving, there are several bald spots. This is why we cut it off. The fall out is messy, annoying, and depressing, so taking control is a lot better and cleaner. It is interesting to see how this process with the hair is going. B will most likely get both blood and platelets tomorrow as both are getting low again. One of these days very soon, they will increase on their own, and we will be so overjoyed!
Until next time,
Hopeful Believer.
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