July 10, 2003
All,
Good evening all! Today has been kind of a wild day. I woke up with a big blood spot on my pillow, where my ear had been bleeding. This was a bit of a shock! But we fixed it by changing the pillow case. The nurse said that it was ear menses and a slim tampoon would work fine in my ear. Then right after breakfast, I started tasting blood and I was bleeding in my mouth. Even though my platelet count was above the transfusion threshold. They decided to give me more to curtail for the bleeding. Fortunately, I was able to get in a few hours of work and walk, before the transfusion. The Benadryl knocked me out for about three hours. I had a visitor and went to x-ray, to see if a new pain in the right neck and shoulder was anything bad. After that, I worked for a couple of more hours, reviewing a document and that pretty much bring us up-to-date. All of these new aches and pains are discouraging and tiring. But I suspect it's gonna get a lot worse. I will make it to the other side, I just might not be so cheerful in my update. Menchie gave me the permission to be "grouchy", because I am sick. I got a great card from work today, it was very funny. Thanks so much guys!
On the medical front, very little has changed. The Coumadin still hasn't reach the therapeutic level, so I still have the Heparin drip. The doctor is very positive and blood work still shows no abnormal cells, and I still have all my hair.
Lab Results |
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Blood Cell Type |
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| WBC | 4.5 | .5 | .5 | .5 |
| RBC | 4.30 | 2.16 | 2.21 | 2.65 |
| HGB | 13.9 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 8.9 |
| PLT | 130 | 24 | 35 | 31 |
That's all for now!
Ted Wilcox
tw@wilcoxent.com