I remember those days all too well. I would come in and the dr. would ask how I felt (knowing full well just by looking at me), but I'd always answer that I felt great! I'd tell him that my counts were definitely up in the hopes that I would be right only to find that once again I'd be hooked up for more blood and more platelets. I received my ATG in March of 1996. I was transfusion dependant until August of 1997...a whole year and a half after my ATG. I know that still doesn't change the hopelessness and defeat you can feel when you're in the thick of it.  I'll be adding you and your daughter to my prayer list.
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Angie
36 yr. old, dx SAA in Jan 1996, treated with ATG in Mar. 1996, off cyclosporine Sept. 1996, last blood transfusion in Aug. 1997, slow decline in counts again November 2010, AA and current count decline thought to be caused by lupus, currently taking 400mg Plaquinil
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