After I got a bag of platelets Friday, I thought maybe I'd feel better this weekend, but I didn't. I just felt worse and worse. This morning my nose was bleeding and my gums were bleeding and I felt terrible, so Jimmy took me back to the hospital for blood tests.We weren't surprised that everything had dropped even lower: platelets 9 (normal 150-400) WBC .3 (normal 3.6-11.1) Hematocrit 20.7 (normal 33.3-41.4). I got another bag of platelets and need 2 units of blood, which I'll get tomorrow. We were there until 6 tonight and I don't expect tomorrow to be much better. Until I get that blood in me, I'll feel like dirt. All of this makes me look at Dracula with a more sympathetic eye.
2 comments:
Ellen
Sorry you are having such a bad day. Hope you got your blood and are feeling better.
Julie and Frank
Ellen, Mac just told me about your troubles a couple of weeks ago. As always with Mac, details are not his forte'. Very sorry to hear of your troubles. What the hell is going on with our generation? So much for "better living through chemistry".
Finally got this site from Josie. Will keep track of your progress, as well, as shoot up a few prayers for you. They work. I found out the hard way too. So keep the faith and as my friend Winston used to say, "never, never, ever, ever, give up".
I get this comment a lot, "you should write a book". I can write well, but you write extremely, and beautifully well. Write a novel using your experiences. It's great therypy. Love ya, Marc Cochran
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