The bone marrow biopsy went well. Mom was real groggy most of the day. Just when you think there can't be anymore wires or tubes attached to you, they attach some more. After the biopsy, and Mom was awake, she had to tinkle. I helped her get up... and boy did we have knot. She has a tube to her IV for the pain pump, and a tube for 3 bags of antibiotics and 1 bag of sugar water. For the biopsy they put electrodes on her chest to monitor her heart, so that meant more wires. We successfully rolled an IV pole, heart monitor and 80 feet of tubing into the bathroom, and Mom, of course!
We will get the results tomorrow. Today, her platelet number was back down to 16. She just got an infusion on Saturday, so Dr. Jeong was a little concerned. He did explain how the blood infusions work: the first time she got platelets, her number jumped to 82. This time it only jumped to 58 (on Sunday). He says the health of the blood donor is a factor in how the blood does. Maybe she had a young, super healthy donor the first time and maybe the second time the donor was a little older. We have learned nothing is exact science, everything is a gray area. We'll see what tomorrow brings!
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