| Date | 05/11/04 - Hospital |
| WBC | 2.7 |
| RBC | 2.66 |
| HGB | 8.1 |
| PLT | 239 |
| SEG | 1 |
| BAND | 0 |
| ANC | 27 |
Tuesday - May 11, 2004
The HEM/ONC (Hematology/Oncology) unit that has become home was only half full of patients last night, so at midnight Kenna and Adrienne got to move back to their same room. It’s the “negative pressure room” with extra precautions against germ contamination. The anteroom with a separate door
gives a double barrier against sound too, so it’s the quietest room on the wing. Nice!!
Adrienne finally got to go home for a little while today because “nothing” was happening: no procedures, no tests, etc. Kenna had just been given a dose of morphine so she slept all the while I was there. Mom came back looking refreshed and tells me they have been out walking the halls this evening. Kenna’s doctors think she is amazing. They usually have to plead with their patients to get moving.
She got a unit of red cells today, again from a designated donor, not the general supply. Thank you!! And also for your notes and remembrances. In our distraction we already often can’t remember what came from whom, but we do appreciate your thoughtfulness.
I also thank those who pass the notes on to others since my list is already so long. But it would be helpful if after you hit “forward” you go into the message and “select and delete” the long list of other recipients before you“send”. Someone out there has a virus that is snagging random email names from anywhere it can find them and sending out bogus contaminated messages.
I get several a day. The advantages and disadvantages of modern technology.
Here are some Mother's Day photos.
MJ
