Yeah, no news isn’t always good news…
I haven’t been writing because I really haven’t had much to write about. This weekend was restful and relaxful (that’s not a word, but I don’t care!) I watched a few movies and caught up on some much needed sleep.
This morning, however, I found out that my WBC count is continuing to drop, which is not what I wanted to hear. I’d been taking Iron and eating iron rich/fortified foods for two weeks and the hope was that while any increase would be small, a small increase was a good sign. Well, it’s decreasing. A lot. On Friday (from Wednesday’s draw), my Hemoglobin (HgB) was 8.4g/dL, which is below the normal of 12-16 g/dL and today (from Friday’s draw) it was 6.8 g/dL, which is almost half of the low normal in the range of ‘normal’.
To add insult to injury, my RBC is 39.3 mc/mcL - with a normal range being 4.2 to 5.4 mc/mcL. That’s pretty freakin high.
So, it looks like (and I’m still waiting for confirmation from my trusty MD) that I’ll be going outpatient tomorrow (Wednesday) for a blood transfusion/combo IV Antibiotics, then Thursday AM, more IV Antibiotics with a bone marrow biopsy on Friday, provided my counts are looking more like a sick persons, rather than someone with one foot in the grave (her words, not mine…grrr).
This is really shocking to me, I mean, it really is. I haven’t felt all that awful. Sure, I’m running a low grade fever and I have been for some time, but the tiredness seems to be lessening - at least I thought so. Now, I’m not so sure. I have noticed that I’m sleeping later, going to bed earlier - but I didn’t contribute that to tiredness, I contributed it to not having to wake up early to work (which has been nice, I admit 
)
I don’t know - after talking to the Dr. today, I think everything is starting to fall into place/make sense? The sleeping more, the lack of desire to get out of my PJ’s unless absolutely required (work is picky that way) and my headaches and fever. I dunno.
Anyway, I’ll know more tonight and of course, as soon as I do, I’ll post a message. If you’re the praying type (or the chanting type, or you burn incense or march nude in the rain…whatever) I’d appreciate a positive thought and/or whatever works best for you and your personal convictions regarding faith etc.
On a lighter note.
What do you guys think about Google Chrome? Huh? I like it. It’s using far less memory than Firefox has started to use (even without add-ons) - the only thing I will have to get used to is the lack of “Home”…I feel like a little lost puppy after I’m done on a site and have no home icon. It’s like…”Uh, ok…done here, what’s next? Hello? Is anyone there?”. Hehehe.
Of note, to you Wordpress users - No, Chrome does not spell check after the first auto-save, just like Firefox. *Sigh*
It looks like, at least for now, I’ll be posting from Safari! (I did post *this* blog entry using Chrome tho…doesn’t it look shiny?)
I’m gonna go veg out on the couch and…veg.
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Adoptee, Mom, First Mother and Wife, living, loving and writing about life as I see it.
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I need addons. Can’t survive without them. What’s Chrome got?
Chrome has…nothing. At least, nothing that I’ve found yet. Maybe in time, who knows.