Blood Counts

Red blood cells are low... 7.9 but no transfusion until he falls below 7.0. Platelets are low as well at 24 but Dr. Rosen doesn't transfuse platelets unless he is having active bleeding because he can only get so many platelet transfusions before his body starts to reject them. White blood cells are 0.1 with no neutrophils so he has NO germ fighting abilities right now. This is historically the time when he starts running a fever and ends up in the hospital. His temp this morning was 99.5, but it doesn't count until it hits 101.0 so we'll just watch it over the weekend and hope for the best. His energy level today is not what it usually is so we're going to take it easy this weekend and hang around the house.