Some of you have been asking for graphs of Nadia’s counts (mostly the nerdy, sciencey types). I struggled for a while on how best to present them and have put up my first attempt on the Counts Graphs page.
Nadia is still keeping us busy, and we are very happy to see her platelets rising! And we patiently wait for her ANC to rise, since this is the one that will let us leave the hospital. But, if you have ever seen Nadia ‘Tasmanian Devil’ child, you will know she needs platelets. As evidenced with her stunt today! (But Tara won’t let me tell you what happened 😉 )
Here is a taste of the graphs page, showing Nadia’s platelet counts following transfusions. The most recent transfusion counts are shown with a thick blue line. Her next most recent is with a thick black line. The thin black lines are from earlier transfusions. As you can see, she has gone longer than ever without a platelet transfusion, and the little turn upwards always brings a smile to our lips, considering Nadia’s platelets were at about 7 since last August! Today, an even 40, which matches Nadia’s days and nights in isolation – crazy coincidence.
