[Matthew42]

Thank you so much. I really appreciate your comments and feedback.

My mother's blood dropped a lot over the weekend, and so did her platelets. Transfusions are still very likely for a while. But that big jump from 8.6 to 10.5 in a week in hemoglobin without a transfusion (not needing blood for over three weeks) was a great thing. Also, she had platelets that were almost 50 three days after a platelet transfusion.

We're just hoping that we will see more increases soon. But the hematologist said that big jump was impressive, and we must be patient. She wasn't on any medications that would have caused such a big increase in hemoglobin without a transfusion.

Her neutrophils are almost 1000 now.

A bit disappointed...but we must be grateful for that one big jump in hemoglobin.

We also found out that my mother may not get stable in blood or platelets until 9 months or more. This is to be expected as she is such a slow responder.