Neutropenic

Well, we can report that things can only go up from here. It is Day 6 after the transplant and Mom's white blood cell count has fallen to 134 and she has been labeled "neutropenic" (as expected). The nurses tell us that anything below 500 is considered neutropenic and that a normal person usually has about a 10,000 white blood cell count. They gave her a blood transfusion yesterday to help her get her counts back up to a normal range.

Mom is doing everything Dr. Bhushan has recommended in order to checkout of Hotel Medical City on-time ... including walking the floor and sitting in the recliner as often as possible rather than just spending the whole day in bed. Given the expected complications from the transplant, this is no small thing and we are really proud of her.

Dad has kept things going this week as well. Each day he requests a printed copy of Mom's lab results and tapes them sequentially across the wall facing Mom's bed. Then if a nurse has a question about Mom's status or progress, he can point to a report and a particular highlighted number and give them the full history. :-)

Thank you for prayers this week. We know they make a difference.

Cheers
Mica