Wednesday. Biopsy Day. Riley and I headed down to the hospital at 7:50 this morning. We went directly to the hem-onc clinic to get blood drawn. They needed to make sure that Riley's numbers were going in the right direction. (That his platelets were high enough to go through the bone marrow biopsy). We waited for awhile... chatting with the transplant nurse. Then our social worker came by. Finally around lunch the numbers came in.
Labs today:
White blood cells: 2.7 (normal 4.5 - 13.5)
Red Blood cells: 10.2 (normal 13.5 - 17.5)
Platelets: 122 (normal 150 - 425)
ANC: 702 ( < 500 = severely neutropenic)
WHAT!!!!??!!
Our brains can hardly comprehend what those numbers mean!!
ANC 702... really ??
White... 2.7 !!!
I can't help but scan the paperwork for blasts. With that number of white blood cells, ... is he producing blasts?
Or is this a good sign? He did NOT do anything like this last cycle.
Oh, the waiting game.
Riley got in "line" for the biopsy. We went through pre-op. I waited in the waiting room. I went to see Riley in recovery. He did awesome!! We waited for a bit at the pharmacy.
Now we will wait for the results...
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