Friday, January 26, 2018

I am officially neutropenic, with a white blood count of  0.4 vs a normal 4 to 11. I have at last reached that immunocompromised state that we have been worrying about for a month or more.

I am also anemic, with hemoglobin of 8, vs 11 to 14. So I am easily fatigued.

Platelets are at 70, which is still above the risky level. Between 20 and 50 they worry about bruising during normal activities, and if it drops below 10 I will get a transfusion of platelets.

1 comment:

sharon lessard said...

thank you for continuing to share. it is good to see that you have that energy and will

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