[Matthew42]

Thank you both so much!

For the past 4 months, her hemoglobin and red blood cells only decline after RBC transfusions. This is no longer the case. Her hemoglobin still drops but then it goes up without transfusions; for example, she got down to 7.3 and almost needed a transfusion. Two days later, she was 7.7 with an increase in red blood cells. This happened 3 times in the past two weeks. This is a new trend. Never before has this happened.

By the way, she's recovering from the bleed, but it will take some time. She also has an infection called discitis in her neck. While the infection won't spread, she has to be on a strong antibiotic because it can destroy her neck bone. Where did the infection come from? The doctors say: just being so neutropenic from aplastic anemia. The doctors are optimistic about her infection, though, or seem to be.

Well, her platelets are not any better. But her neutrophils shot up to 1100-1300 for a few days. Now, they're down to 700, which is all really good. Her neutrophils are almost always below 600 for the past 4 months. I remember the hematologist saying that neutrophils coming up over a 1000 is a good sign that ATG is working, too. Who knows? Hopefully, I am not wishful thinking.

That is all to report.

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Boy, aplastic anemia has caused: an infection and a brain bleed. Wow!