Greg continues to do well in St. Louis, and he and Kacey seem to be having a good time. They have a TV now (thanks Kacey!), so that helps.
Not much news to report except on the platelet front. Last Friday when I blogged, we were at clinic, waiting for the blood bank to send some. Greg was at 16. The transfusion cutoff is 20. Turns out that, since he needs the HLA matched, and there's always a shortage of platelets anyway, they didn't have any. They sent him home with instructions to come back Tuesday (or to call if he started bleeding!).
He went back yesterday. His platelets were up to 19. He made some all by himself! Granted, not many, but still, better than dropping. And, they STILL didn't have any to give him. (My guess is that when there's a shortage they save them for people who are at 3 or 4 -- Greg's been there.) Anyway, he'll go back Friday, so it will be interesting to see if he can make any more on his own.
Matthew is still in "quarantine" from dad due to his immunizations, so we're staying home for the weekend. Believe it or not, we have to start getting ready for back to school, which is August 19. Where did the summer go?
I'll post again Friday with the platelet count and any other news. In the meantime, thanks, as usual, for all the prayers and support.
Love,
Ann & Greg
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2 comments:
Glad to hear things are going well! I hope the Greg and Kacey get to explore a bit of the city, maybe she will actually get to eat some Italian food I hear the city is famous for...
Good to hear about the platelettes too! Maybe Greg, you need some 'vitameatavegimen' to help boost those counts. Wonder what is actually in that stuff....
Hugs to you guys, I'm off to donate blood and look for flip-flop socks for our Bishop!
JS
Good to hear the progress. Did Greg get around calculating whether a jump from 16 to 19 is statistically significant? No matter what, it is clinically significant! Keep on trucking!
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