This morning, my mom (Katie's mom) took Jonathon in for his chemo. His hemoglobin counts dropped below 8 again, so they decided he needs another transfusion. After finishing up his morning chemo, they setup an appointment at the hospital here in South Bend for his transfusion. And unfortunately, things are running a little slow tonight. We finally got started on the first unit of blood at 7:15 pm. It takes roughly 2 - 3 hours per unit of blood to transfuse. So with 2 units of blood on schedule for tonight... we'll be lucky to get out of here by 1 am.
So, we've got a long night ahead, but hopefully tomorrow Jonathon will feel a little perkier with new blood and no chemo.
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Thursday, March 12, 2009
Day 49: It's going to be a long night
This morning, my mom (Katie's mom) took Jonathon in for his chemo. His hemoglobin counts dropped below 8 again, so they decided he needs another transfusion. After finishing up his morning chemo, they setup an appointment at the hospital here in South Bend for his transfusion. And unfortunately, things are running a little slow tonight. We finally got started on the first unit of blood at 7:15 pm. It takes roughly 2 - 3 hours per unit of blood to transfuse. So with 2 units of blood on schedule for tonight... we'll be lucky to get out of here by 1 am.
So, we've got a long night ahead, but hopefully tomorrow Jonathon will feel a little perkier with new blood and no chemo.
So, we've got a long night ahead, but hopefully tomorrow Jonathon will feel a little perkier with new blood and no chemo.
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It might be hard to be perky after such a long night for either one of you! At least you are done for the remainder of the weekend! Next time place your order to go!
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