So first off Doc Shoozenbootzen tried to avoid doing my BMA (remember last two times he has hurt his shoulder because my bone is so scarred from....doing BMAs.) He came by and said I need lunch first and Joyce suggest the med student with him looked strong and he announced the I have the hardest ass in the world! Then as we were waiting for the procedure the nurse brought in the blood results and Joyce got this strained little voice and said your neutraphils are down to .6. the nurse froze, I froze.
------remember people Netraphils are the big infection fighter. under 1.0 you are locked away in an airtight room to protect you. Normal level is 1.2.
So the silence lasted a couple more deep breaths and all three of us said " Are those results verified ! And we started talking about reason this could be...have I been sick recently, my skin has been more reactive lately, Why are these basocells way high as well. Joyce asked if we were even going to do the procedure with no neutraphils.
So the Kaiterer went off to see the scientist and came back with a smile and a scowl (yes I know its tricky to have both at the same time). Apparently the scientist said "oh yeah we thought that was way off so I did a visual scan and the real deal is way different", Neutraphils at 6.58 and the basophils down to normal. He said "we usually reprint the sheets for you with the revised levels but we forgot". The Nurse asked if we could get it now "cause we have a few heart attacks going on!"
So when the Doc came in Joyce handed him the original sheet and asked him if he thought there were any issues. He paused about half a second (yes that is not hyperbole he is clever and fast), and he said "that's wrong. The basophils are the giveaway". So we looked at the real sheet and I have normal everything except the weird non important ones that are off because I have no Spleen (newbies note: Go back to December 2006 to see about that giant sucker coming out).
So we flipped me over and he prepped the left hip... at this point I succumbed to the dazzle and don't remember any more but it was reported to me that it was way simpler and easier and I can report that it seems to have left me less sore as well. Bluey reported that there was way more aspirate and it covered way more slides and that the Doc said that it was easier to get the aspirate out. That means, unofficially, that I have less fibrosis. Yes!
We won't get results until next 8/11/13 so cross your whatevers until then.
more later
Chris
