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Old Tue Apr 26, 2011, 07:22 PM
KimO KimO is offline
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I'm a numbers person so I thought posting the relative numbers over the course of her relapse and recovery might be helpful. The first set of results is her last "normal" draw the end of June last year. Then the end of August before she returned to school she had a test that showed a significant drop in platelets -- 149 to 92. The docs wanted to make sure it was a trend so they did another test a week later and platelets were down again -- from 92 to 75. She restarted cyclosporine a couple of days after that but platelets continued to drop and then stabilize -- 47, 43, 41 -- over the next three weeks. The following week, approximately 4 weeks after restarting the cyclosporine, we saw the first increase. I've included information on all lines but platelets seem to be the best predictor of where things are going for Shauna. Reds continued to drift down even after platelets increased because of the amount of time that they last in the system. They were the last to increase. Also, note that as her numbers turned around the neutrophils became a much higher percentage of the total white count. In fact, the ratio pretty much flip-flopped from approximately 60-35 lymphs/neuts to the other way around. Hope this helps.

Date -- 6/28 -- 8/26 -- 9/1 -- 9/8 -- 9/15 -- 9/22 -- 9/30 -- 10/7
Hgb -- 12.6 -- 12.1 -- 11 -- 10.7 --11.1 -- 10.0 -- 10.0 -- 10.0
Hct -- 36.7 -- 35.1 - 31 -- 31 -- 31 -- 31 -- 29 -- 28
Plt -- 149 -- 92 -- 75 -- 47 -- 43 -- 41 -- 54 -- 79
WBC - 4 -- 3.1 -- 3 -- 2.9 -- 3.2 -- 2.8 -- 3.1 -- 3
Neut -- 2.12 - 1.17 -- 1 -- .6 -- .9 -- .6 -- .9 -- .8


Date -- 10/13--10/21-- 10/28 -- 11/4 -- 11/10 -- 12/2-- 12/16
Hgb -- 10.1 -- 9.5 -- 9.7 -- 9.7 -- 10.2 -- 11.4 -- 11.9
Hct -- 30.0 -- 28.0 -- 29.0 -- 29 -- 30.0 -- 35 -- 35
Plt -- 80 -- 123-- 137 -- 173 -- 196 -- 164 -- 150
WBC - 2.2 -- 4.1 -- 4.5 -- 4.1 -- 3.6 -- 4.4 -- 5.8
Neut -- .9 - - 1.27 -- 2.08 -- 2.2 -- 1.85 -- 1.89 -- 3.61
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