ups and downs

Yesterday Mom was feeling pretty good. She was pretty tired but the nausea has settled down and the heartburn is much better. She said she was really bored yesterday. This morning I called and we had planned to go get a bite to eat to get her out of the house for awhile. She called me back a little while later and said she had a rash on her legs, was not feeling very good and had called the doctor. We went in about one o'clock for blood tests. Her platelets were down to 6 - anything below 10 is tricky and so she was in need of platelets immediately - the doctor had to get on the phone with the blood bank and tell them it was an emergency and we needed it at the office NOW. Her WBC was down to 1.2, anything below 1.0 and she goes back in the hospital...also her neutrophils were down to .09 and at .05 she has to go back to the hospital and be put on IV antibiotics. So we are right on the edge right now...she goes back to the dr office on Friday to see if things have leveled out. In the meantime, she needs to take her temp every few hours and watch to see if the rash gets worse. BTW, the rash(which is a bunch of red dots just under the skin) is due to low platelets, so its a good thing she saw it when she did. When I left her a little while ago she was really tired and not feeling well at all. Maybe tomorrow will be better.