I Wanna Be Sedated

Day #21 is the last day for me to have Dr. Jabbour. The Doctors rotate and now he is going into the clinic. I hope I get to see him again but he will not be my doctor when I’m dismissed to the clinic. I’ll miss him. He told me my platelets were up to 35 today. A nice leap from yesterday. White blood cells are still lagging. I had another bone marrow aspiration today to see what is happening in my marrow. Please let the results be good ones. Whitney stayed during the procedure. They gave me a sedative and it knocked me out for about 4 hours. I couldn’t believe I slept so much.

True Blood

Day #20 – Did I mention that they wake you up every morning at 4:00 a.m. to take your vital signs and weigh you? Yes everyday at 4:00 a.m. I’m getting weighed!! Then a few minutes later the phlebotomist (affectionately called vampires) comes in to draw your blood so the reports will be back by the time the doctors come in about 8:00 a.m. My blood work today indicated that my platelets are 15! Coming up!

Whitney Returns

Day #19 – Brings Whitney back to visit. She arrived too late last night to stop in on Friday but we have today, tomorrow and half day on Monday. My blood work is creeping up with my Platelets today being 5. Still a long way to go but better than 1.