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Old Tue Jun 28, 2011, 03:56 PM
sophia68 sophia68 is offline
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Originally Posted by bebop View Post
are they transfusing him for the plts? not sure what they do for the whites but it would seem they should at least give him plts if they are low enough.
Hi bebop...yes they are transfusing him...

His counts are:

wbc - 1.0 - up from 0.9
hgb - 7.3 up from 6.4
platelets - 20 - down from 21 y'day

He will no longer be receiving any chemo treatments and will be transfused as necessary.

I'm wondering how long the transfusions will sustain him and at what point will they no longer transfuse?
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