3 days down!! I am learning just to think about 1 day at a time, if you think further its just to overwhelming. We are at day -8 today, which means 8 days till transplant! So let me explain some things. Every day they take blood to measure his "counts". That means they are measuring 4 things: 1) ANC level - during chemo this will go to 0. After the transplant this is the most important thing we are looking for, when the level gets back up to 200 is when we talk about coming home!!!
2) WBC- white blood cells. This is what Tucker doesnt have. He does show a count right now but they are not any good.
3)HGB level- which is his hemoglobin level. This is important because when this level goes to 8 or below that means he will require a blood transfusion. normal for a baby is between 12 & 16.
4) PLTS- which is his platlet count. This is also important because of how much blood they take. This number is also very important because he has to maintain a certain level to go home.
So every day I will post his counts.
We had a fairly good night. I even got a little sleep. Tucker woke up happy this morning, & so far we are having a good day.
Tuckers counts for yesterday : ANC: 1296
WBC: 2.7
HGB: 8.0
PLTS: 436
Tuckers counts for today : ANC: 714
WBC: 3.4
HGB: 12.2 (had a transfusion yesterday)
PLTS: 357
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