| Date | 07/19/04 - Clinic |
| WBC | 5.4 |
| RBC | 2.97 |
| HGB | 8.4 |
| PLT | 43 |
| SEG | 19 |
| BAND | 3 |
| Retic | 0.2 |
| ANC | 1188 |
Monday July 20, 2004
Last week Kenna had a cough, so she had an x-ray on Tuesday when she was at the hospital for transfusion. The results were ok, but it hadn’t improved this week and she’s a bit wheezy. Today at her weekly checkup the doctor sent her for another one, and started her on an antibiotic and an inhaler. The result of today’s was not bad either and she has no fever, so we remain hopeful that it will begin to improve without serious complications. We’ll see how getting her to actually do the breathing treatment will go!!
The great news is that her ANC still remains hovering above 1,000 and that she continues to have some white count. White cells fight infection and are not transfusable, so they have to have been made in her own body. This is such a cause for gratitude and rejoicing. Keep up the prayers.
I forgot to tell you that last week she was again blessed with designated donors for both her red cells and platelets, which they didn’t have available for her the week before. So thank you, thank you, to all who are being so faithful about donating, or in encouraging other A+ donors for her. We can’t thank you enough. She looks so normal and healthy between treatments. It’s an awesome and spiritual thing to contemplate her complete dependence on life borrowed from another.
Last week Kenna had a cough, so she had an x-ray on Tuesday when she was at the hospital for transfusion. The results were ok, but it hadn’t improved this week and she’s a bit wheezy. Today at her weekly checkup the doctor sent her for another one, and started her on an antibiotic and an inhaler. The result of today’s was not bad either and she has no fever, so we remain hopeful that it will begin to improve without serious complications. We’ll see how getting her to actually do the breathing treatment will go!!
The great news is that her ANC still remains hovering above 1,000 and that she continues to have some white count. White cells fight infection and are not transfusable, so they have to have been made in her own body. This is such a cause for gratitude and rejoicing. Keep up the prayers.
I forgot to tell you that last week she was again blessed with designated donors for both her red cells and platelets, which they didn’t have available for her the week before. So thank you, thank you, to all who are being so faithful about donating, or in encouraging other A+ donors for her. We can’t thank you enough. She looks so normal and healthy between treatments. It’s an awesome and spiritual thing to contemplate her complete dependence on life borrowed from another.
| Date | 07/21/04 - Clinic |
| WBC | 5.4 |
| RBC | 2.54 |
| HGB | 8.3 |
| PLT | 13 |
| SEG | 12 |
| BAND | 0 |
| Retic | 0 |
| ANC | 648 |