There was a noticeable change in Kristina’s voice today as soon as she answered the phone. She woke up this morning vomiting and has already (as of noon) had two shots of morphine for intense pain in her throat. Both speaking and swallowing cause her pain, and the docs are considering putting her on a morphine drip, and possibly tube-feeding her. Her half-inch of hair is falling out, as well.
All in all, kind of a grim reminder that our friend is really sick. Her doctors have told her they’re impressed she made it to Day 7 post-transplant before showing some of these symptoms. She hopes this only lasts a week or two and says it’s more uncomfortable than she thought it would be.
The last two day’s blood counts give you some impression of the situation:
WBC 0.13 – 0.00 (she literally has no white blood cells at this point, and is getting blood transfusions; normal range for this number is 4.3-10)
HCT – 28 – 26 (not changing much, normal is 36 to 45)
ANC 0 – 0 (she has no immunity right now at all)
PLT 85 – 56 (this shows the results of Monday’s platelet transfusion wearing off; normal is 150-400)
Please keep sending healing vibes her way!
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