Still no indication in Ann's daily blood tests that her new marrow is doing its job, despite the bone pain she is feeling. Which has spread to her arms and lower back, in addition to her legs where it started. The Doctors and Nurses have agreed with my theory that this due to crowding in the hollows of her bones due to cell growth. However they are gun shy of saying that this is a sign pointing towards engraftment.
Ann's morning blood test did show that her hemoglobin was low and she had to have a transfusion of 1 unit of red blood cells. After which we temperature jumped a bit from 98.4 F to 99.1 F. I hope thats a very, very temporary development.
To pass some time while Ann was taking a nap me and Laren decided to go and donate blood. I have a healthier respect for what Ann has been going through...that freaking needle hurt! I got queasy doing it one day and my brave wife has been doing it almost every day for the past 6 months.
Still no indication in Ann's daily blood tests that her new marrow is doing its job, despite the bone pain she is feeling. Which has spread to her arms and lower back, in addition to her legs where it started. The Doctors and Nurses have agreed with my theory that this due to crowding in the hollows of her bones due to cell growth. However they are gun shy of saying that this is a sign pointing towards engraftment.
Ann's morning blood test did show that her hemoglobin was low and she had to have a transfusion of 1 unit of red blood cells. After which we temperature jumped a bit from 98.4 F to 99.1 F. I hope thats a very, very temporary development.