Did not sleep well last night, woke with left calf spasm and took 1/4 pain pill which seems to be hanging me over this morning.
Jani drove me to Lost Rivers Medical Center Lab in Arco, Idaho to have my CBC (complete blood count) done this morning. My white blood cell count fell from 2.7 to 2.0 (norms 4.5-11); ANC (absolute neutrophil count) and fell from 1.82 to 1.11 (norms 1.9-8.8). So, I probably should avoid hugging others for a while.
My hemoglobin is about the same as it was last week (8.2) before I had at transfusion of one unit of packed red blood cells at 8.5 today (norms 12-16). My platelets actually increased a TINY BIT from 28 to 33 (norms 140-440). Will continue to hold my aspirin 81 mg dose due to low platelets.
I’m not experiencing any shortness of breath with walking slowly right now, so decided that I did not need another transfusion of packed red blood cells today.
Still need to be super careful with such a low platelet count.that I don’t do anything that might cause me to bleed.
