I watched the Super Bowl with the McF's on Sunday. Vicki was pretty tired, but we were all on our feet screaming at a late fourth quarter touchdown for those lovely red birds. With her low platelets she's bruising up which makes her sore. She also chills easily.
Monday she made one of her bi-weekly trips to the clinic to top off the fluids. She only needed platelets this time, no whole blood. This meant getting home much earlier and getting in an extra nap. Between worrying about what it might mean if she needs additional stem cells and feeling crummy she hasn't been sleeping well, but after the platelets and nap she says she's feeling a lot stronger.
She asked the nurse practitioner what probability she thinks there is of Vicki's platelets returning to normal without additional stem cells. The NP said 90% and that the additional stem cells would be more a quality of life issue. For now Vicki's thinking those are pretty good odds so it would be best to leave things alone and see how it goes, but she's going to talk to the doc and confirm.
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