Blood test results are back. She went from 17k to 35k on one bag. She’s now got two bags in her and they’re starting the third. So, she’s probably at 50k right now. They’ll be testing again after this 3rd bag is administered.
Any surgery won’t be before 2:30.
Stay tuned.
We’re still waiting for the blood test results from bag 1. Bag2 just finished.
Just a heads-up – the noon time is now tentative. They’re going to run another blood test and see what her levels are. Chances are good that she’ll need another bag before the surgery so it’ll be another hour+.
Just waiting around now for the platelets to be infused. Wait wait wait.
This just in, Ana’s platelet count is 17,000. Anesthesiologist wants her to be at 85,000 before they’ll give the regional anesthetic and 55,000 before surgery period. They will be giving her the first round of platelets at 10, then do another blood check after that. Immediately after the blood test has been drawn, they’ll toss another bag on.
Note to self: they’ll be giving her IV steroids every 6 hours to replace her prednisone for the next few days (100mg).
A nurse came in a bit ago and said that they plan on giving Ana three bags of platelets – one before surgery, one during, and one afterwards. We’re still waiting for the one before to be delivered…
Well we’re up in the room now and she just received an IV, which was an ordeal. What’s a little blood on the floor between friends?
Good morning everyone!
Here we are – just a few hours to go. Last night we rented a couple Wii games, Jay and Katherine came over, and we were able to make the evening go much faster than the day went.
We’re packing up the last couple things now in preparation of heading in to the hospital, so stay tuned…