Monday, September 22, 2008
No luck today
We are not able to go home yet. Mathias' Neutrophil count was zero and his total white count was 300 (normal range is 5,500-15,500). His platelets were 36 (normal 150-450). Because of this, he is at severe risk for bleeding and infection and we cannot go anywhere. When we arrived back to our room at Ronald McDonald House, the front of Mathias' shirt was covered in blood because of oozing from his needlestick at his port site. I had to put a dressing on and hold pressure to stop it. I'm scared to let him walk around or do anything because I don't want him to fall or bump something and bleed. I'm scared to let him leave the room at all because he cannot fight any type of infection. I'll feel much more relieved when his numbers climb a bit. At least so far he has not had any fever (knock on wood). If that would happen then we would be admitted and be stuck here for more time. As is, we go in on Thursday to re-check his counts and hope for some improvement. Until then, I just get to sit here and watch for bleeding or and temps and try to keep this active two year old from doing anything......yeah right....... Keep praying for us.
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You have a beautiful son. I will be praying that you are into the next phase and home soon.
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