Another Transfusion

"But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint."
Isaiah 40:31

Although I was hoping that my counts would be up today, I knew deep down my platelets would still be low. I was not expecting them to have dropped back down to 5 again! The nurse called Dr. Hsu (he takes Fridays off) and he ordered a platelet transfusion. Please pray that my body won't just kill these off like last time. My white count is up a little from 0.1 to 0.4, but still no where near the normal range. Looks like I will be spending the weekend at home again. Since my counts are all so low we are anticipating Dr. Kantarjian postponing my admission again. I go back to MD Anderson on Monday so we will see what he says. My dad leaves tomorrow to drive back to California, it has been great to see him I just feel bad we couldn't really do much. My mom has decided to go back with him so she can help with driving and just to be home for a while since I most likely won't be going back in for chemo until next week. Please continue to pray for my counts and that my admission isn't postponed too much. I am so anxious to get on with this process so I can be done.

On a side note, thank you to everyone who has donated blood and platelets! Since I did blood work in Katy this morning, I went to the hospital next to Dr. Hsu's office for my transfusion. After being checked in and having my blood work done again to type and cross for the transfusion, I was set up in a room. Quite a while after my nurse came in and told me the blood bank they worked with did not have any of the platelets I needed. For about another hour they called around to find someone that did. Long story short, I got what I needed, but had to wait quite a while because there is a blood and platelet shortage. Now I see first hand exactly how important it is to donate blood and platelets!