Still no
news from my transplant coordinator regarding the high resolution test
results. She did call me today to say
that she hasn't forgotten about me and she thinks we should know tomorrow. At this point I am not sure whether to
believe her and don't want to get my hopes up.
We'll see. All I know is that she
promised to call me as soon as she knows and I believe her on that part. For now I just continue to pray :)
I spent
all day long at the output. Kaiser clinic today. I arrived @ 7:30am and didn't leave till
3:30pm. I got blood drawn, 2 units of
blood transfused, had some nice conversations with a few other patients and
joked with my nurse who was having a rough day thanks to the manic/bipolar
woman who sat next to me in the transfusion room this morning. At one point the nurse called the unit social
worker to come in and talk to her but she was too paranoid to engage with
him. I felt bad for the nurse and the
social worker and I hope that the lady follows through with some mental health
treatment soon. The whole experience
just made me miss work even more.
Dr. Libel
stopped by my chair today @ the clinic and shared some concerning news. She said today my blood showed a few blasts
(not good) but she quickly explained that she thinks it might be related to the
Neupogen injections. She said it is
possible that my bone marrow is working overtime and the medication might be
the reason my bone marrow is releasing some immature cells (aka blasts). So, our plan is for me to stop the injections
after today's dose and see how things look next week. She told me that she is hoping that without
the medication over stimulating my bone marrow that it will churn out only
healthy/mature cells. We will monitor
and see next week. Prayers for improved/blast-free blood work are greatly
appreciated. J
-Chellie
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