Monthly Archives: January 2010

Today’s stats: platelet count down to 9k. White blood cell level down to 1.4. Her bone marrow is not producing any blood. Mental state is total denial of what’s happening to her body. She is not going out without a fight. Jenny the nurse has been on the receiving end of her attitude shift. TheyContinue reading “Bone marrow failure”

Dave and I will be heading down for a morning visit today. Yesterday, like the day before, she slept through the afternoon. So please visit during morning hours. Had a very good conversation with Kathy out in Connecticut last evening. It’s going to be hard for her to tell  Zac know about his grandmothers condition.Continue reading “What will today bring”

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Not a lot happened after her morning visits except sleep. Lee went to visit after lunch at 1pm and waited around to see if she would wake up, but no go. Mike, Shannon & Bryant showed up around 3 and she was still sleeping. Dave & I showed up 10-15 min later, still sleeping. KimContinue reading “Sleeping afternoon”

Morning results are interesting as we travel along this roller coaster ride. Evelyn has been very talkative this morning according to Kim. She, Lee & Tom are all with her right now. Her platelet count is down to 18k this morning. She did not receive the radiation yesterday because her platelet count was too low.Continue reading “Cannulas and whole blood”

As I published the last post, the phone rang. Kim called to let us know she and Lee were called by Evelyn. Apparently the radiation treatment didn’t happen because “she was lacking something” (this according to Evelyn). She was also reporting yogurt being fed into her veins. Hummm… she must be on some good drugsContinue reading “And yet another development…”

The doctors pulled out a different card today, kind of the last resort. Her spleen is apparently still enlarging and could possibly rupture. Radiation might help slow things down. Like with cancer  radiation can help shrink things to a more reasonable size. Evelyn is not a candidate for surgery, certain death on the table. IfContinue reading “Ace up their sleeve?”

Just received phone call from Kim. Evelyn is heading down hill rapidly. No good. I’m heading to Eugene to meet up with everyone-

Being back in ICU with Evelyn is all too familiar. We are already seeing the same nurses from five months ago & the trip down the hallway isn’t as disconcerting as the initial visit. Evelyn looked much better Wednesday afternoon. The lasix (diuretic) had removed an enormous amount of excess fluid, her stomach area wasContinue reading “ICU deja vu”

When Evelyn arrived at Riverbend her platelet count was 4,000. As of this morning she had raised to 27,000. Normal platelet levels are 150,000 to 450,000.