[Zoe's Life]

Suzanne,

He may be waiting to see if her counts are still down before transfusing. They always test right before a transfusion. Maybe Monday was the soonest they could do it? I don't have any iron in my bone marrow, but my doctor said it is because of the MDS, it isn't iron deficiency. After some research, my theory is that when bone marrow is making lots of rbc's (even defective ones which die in the marrow) it uses up lots of iron. Some diseases are like that, I don't know if it is true for MDS also.

I am confused, did he just do a bone marrow biopsy? Because then you asked how he could tell if it was transforming by using a finger stick. The biopsy would reveal if it is transforming. I have never had a finger stick. Even my CBC's are done by drawing a tube of blood from my arm.

You just never know with MDS. Do you know if she has chromosome damage?
That can tell you much.

Zoe