Clinic Day

Today was a long clinic. I am most grateful to Mary for the ride, plateletes donation, and Costco run for dog food. And the company.  Plateletes were desperately needed. They only had 2 units for the day and had to get them from somewhere else.  We were running low on dog food too. Phew! Saved again.

My numbers are as follow:

WBC 5.2, HCT 25.9, plateletes 140, ANC 3.99, CRE 1.3, mag 1.4

Creatinine is slightly up, but kind of normal for me and the prograf I am taking. Magnesium is fine, so none needed. The big news is the HCT or red blood. It finally dropped below an acceptable level, and I needed a unit of whole blood.

It took a while to do the type and cross check.  The results are interesting. My blood type has changed over to my brother's blood type, A negative. Something must be going right.  No one is concerned with the downturn in numbers, and the nurse, pa, and doctor assured me not to worry.  There is nothing I can do to boost them, anyway. Just takes time.  It still stole the wind from my sails. Yesterday was such a good day. Today: tired and bummed.

But just in time, I got a pick me up.  Linda C dropped by for a visit and brought a gift today. It is full of special meaning items to ensure a good start to the new year: black eyed peas, greens, chocolate, and a pair of party tiaras. Thank you, Linda!

A pair of tiaras will be well used since my sister is in town.  She will be here through Friday and we will celebrate the New Year. Low key, of course.  The neighbors are having a party, but there is no way I can attend. It's public and I am still on restriction. Kent and Melissa can go, I will wait at home.

It was a long day, and exhausting. But nothing compared to driving down from St. Louis and getting traffic north of Atlanta extending all the way to the house.

I think it will be an early night.