Terry's blood counts are up from critical to low. I'll not report on all of the counts since there are always over 40 different Hematology and Chemistry counts we have listed on our reports. Probably only half of them are ever talked about. And only half of those really tell us anything that makes a change in meds or activity needs. I will give you the blood counts that we always check, but will leave out the chemistry counts. I should say though, that the chemistry counts look slightly better than last week, so we are pleased there too.
WBC = 3.4 (L)
RBC = 2.5 (L)
Platelets = 68 (L)
Neutrophils = 2.3 (actually that is normal...yeah!)
Terry's burn on his finger looks great! It's still there of course, but it looks so much better. Every day this week seemed to show great improvement. We are probably at a point that it will not be as noticeable each day, but we are pleased. The lab culture claimed it was growing strep, but the medicine he is taking helps cure that, and it looks like the medicine is doing it's job.
As for how Terry feels - he has good days and not as good days, but overall, we must say that he is doing well. We have a bone marrow aspiration set up for the middle of the month, and that will tell us a bit more about how the transplant is working.
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