Just waiting around now for the platelets to be infused. Wait wait wait.
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Counts
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).
Platelets
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…
Checked in
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?
T minus 5:45:00
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…
Just a few more days
Well we just have a few more days left before the baby is born. Slowly but surely we’re getting the last few things done around the house in preparation. We’ll be going to the hospital at 8am on Wednesday (Dec 12th) so Ana can get full of platelets and she’s scheduled for csection at noon.
That morning, and all day, I’ll be posting updates to the blog from the hospital room. Don’t laugh – if you’re reading this then you know me and it shouldn’t be a surprise 
Anyway, I’ll have everything setup to provide updates as the day progresses. As time permits I’ll even post some photos, so be sure to keep coming back.
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An Update
Just an update – due to Ana’s platelet complications and the expected size of the baby, we have a c-section scheduled for noon next Wednesday, Dec 12th.
We’ll be getting Ana to the hospital around 8am so that they can get an infusion (or more if needed) into her so her platelet count is increased enough to allow for a spinal block during the surgery. Since she’ll be getting up around 3:30am to take her prednisone (doctor’s orders), it’s going to be a very long and tiring day.
