[Laura]

Aother copy and paste from my site....sorry guys...just way too tired....


So much to update, I don't even know where to begin......

So the weekend after my last entry, my rib pain got worse and worse. And I noticed SIGNIFICANT bruising. It literally looked like I had been beat up. Purple and blue and massive hematomas. So to the ER on Sunday I went. Plts 30s and INR 5.6 (they want mine between 2-3 for the blood clot. Normal is around one.) So no wonder the massive bleeding. I also had some blood tinged sputum, coughing uncontrollably, all the other flu symptoms....high fever, aches, cough/congestion/etc. So needless to say I earned myself a ticket inpatient. I got an ambulance ride over to Methodist Hospital from the ER. I was admitted onto the BMT floor at Mayo. I got two units of fresh frozen plasma and one unit of platelets. Also started on some pain meds for the rib pain. It was very busy with different services coming in and out. Then after my platelet transfusion my platelets continued dropping and my HGB has been in the 9-10 range. So they decided to do a BMB.

I just got the results yesterday/today. It is hypocellular (10-20%). There were basically no megakaryocytes (baby platelets) in the marrow to even count them. And both the reds/whites were low. They were worried this was an ITP issue but said it can't be the case with what the results have shown so far. So far I have needed platelets every five days. The doctors thoughts/theories:
1) My marrow got kicked down from the flu and everything else that has gone on (DVT, PE, broken bones, etc). After a few weeks, it will recover back to where it was.
2) The graft is failing to seed and grow in the spaces needed to make adequate blood counts. (Worse case scenario). I pray to God not.

Okay, I am jumping around. I am also so very tired so might have to cut this short here and finish tomorrow.

In fact, I think I will do just that as I could fall asleep typing this....more tomorrow.