Carla's white blood count was up to 1.51 from 0.49 but her platelets had dropped to 19. Her CRP which is a measure of possible infection or inflammation was much lower than the 30 yesterday. She has had problems with low blood pressure so they gave her another liter of saline solution. Our appointment to see Dr. Barlogie was for 1:00 and we got in to see him about 3:30. He decided everything was on its way up. He could have the CVL line pulled tomorrow or we would have to wait until next Tuesday because of the Fourth of July three-day weekend. He decided for her to get her blood work done tomorrow but after they give her a bag of platelets. They will repeat this if necessary to get her platelets up to 50. Then she will get her line out.
We will stay in Little Rock and go back to the Myeloma Infusion Center early Saturday morning for a blood draw. After the results are reviewed by the APN she will be free to return to Springfield IF there are no concerns. The main concern generally is the WBC. If it is below 2 we will have to remain in longer in Little Rock. Of course there is still the possibility of infection which would raise her CRP and we would have to vacation longer in Little Rock.
The local news tonight said there had been 28 days this June where the temperature was above 90 degrees and the average for June is 4. With an average high of 94.7 degrees this was the third warmest June in Little Rock's recorded history.
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