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Old Thu Sep 11, 2008, 05:34 AM
paulaespada paulaespada is offline
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Red face 14 weeks After treatment, platelets and hemoglobin raising but neutrophils coming dow

14 weeks after treatment my husband's blood tests have been showing improvement and bone marrow activity/production.
He has no blood or platelets transfusion for 6 weeks.
Two weeks ago his blood tests were:

Platelets: 110
Hb - 9.6
Neutrophils - 1.6

We were told we could go home (we moved to a far away city from home to his treatment). Then this week blood tests revealed:

Platelets - 118
Hb - 11.5
Neutrophils - 0.5

With this doctors decided we stay and not give my husband that shot to help develop white blood cells. They want to wait until next week and then see what happens.
They were not hurried what this neutrophils decrease but we are.

We wonder if there is something that could be the cause of it (the night before my husband vomited maybe because he ate peanuts - this is ridiculous but it's true; can be because of more activity than he did?). Our heads are full of questions that doctor didn't ask. Just said "Don't know. Maybe it's because you're not stable as we though" - which is not comfortable to hear or know.

Also, and this is my concern only because I don't tell it to my husband - is this frequent? or can it be a signal that everything will come down again?

I'm really concerned.
As you may know, I feel I'm dealing with something quite instable that can come backward anytime.

In advance I thank you for your answers that most certainly will help, as always.
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Paula Espada - wife of Jorge Espada, diagnosed AA in June 2008, ATG, cyclosporine until Janury 2010, relapse and 2nd ATG June 2010
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