I just wanted to give all of you a heads-up on Ana’s platelet counts. As most of you know, her counts were up to right around 300,000 after getting her spleen removed. They stayed this way for a couple weeks, but two weeks ago she dropped down to 64,000. Yikes, we were a little freaked out, [...]
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307,000
March 28th, 2008 · 2 Comments · General
That’s the number of platelets floating around Ana’s body today. A marked improvement over her previous dismal countings of 7,000 and 10,000. So that was the real, first post-spleen-removal test they’ve gotten counts from her on. Definitely a positive sign. More tests next week to keep verifying. Thanks again to everyone for all of your [...]
She’s Out
March 24th, 2008 · 6 Comments · General
She’s recovery now, surgery went well. Can’t wait to get in and see her!
Surgery Update
March 24th, 2008 · 3 Comments · General
Just got a phone call from surgery, Ana is stable and doing well and the surgeon has started working on her (roughly 25 minutes ago). On a side note, there’s gotta be a better way to notify me of updates. The waiting room librarian walking over and saying she’s going to forward a call to [...]
The Wait Begins
March 24th, 2008 · 3 Comments · General
Well she’s in surgery now. In roughly 2 hours that evil spleen will be no more!
Pre-surgery Platelets
March 24th, 2008 · Comments Off · General
184,000, IV getting started and the surgeon is en-route.
Checked In
March 24th, 2008 · Comments Off · General
Hi everyone – Ana is all checked in here at St. John’s Hospital. The splenectomy is scheduled for 3pm so we’re waiting in a little hallway with curtains called pre-aenestesia.
