I reckon my brother,Derrek, but who I have always called Rick, must have been drinking rocket fuel before he donated cells. My counts are taking off like a rocket!
This is Day 15 and the third day that my counts are rising. Only 4 days ago I had zero neutrophils and today I have 4.6; the normal range is 2 -7.5….. In three days they are normal! They are higher then when I came in to hospital. The white cells are in normal range as well!
Granted I had a ‘whiff of G” that’s growth factor, and it has helped, but Rick’s cells are obviously liking my environment.
I am doing so very well they are a bit astounded. I may be going home this week and it may be the earliest that any transplantee has gone home (to Kangaroo Point).
I still have a ways to go as the platelets and red cells take longer to produce, we expect to see slower pick up on them. And then there is Graft verus Host Disease but I haven’t have a temperature yet so that is good. My liver is still a bit off the mark but it not tender so may just be the way I am built. My mouth sores are starting to heal already and are a little less sore, so may be off pain meds in a couple of days.
We just have to wait and see. But in the meantime let’s raise our glasses to my new hero Derrek Olin for having jet fuelled cells!
more later
Chris
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