After getting two units of blood last night, Katie and I received some very good news. My white blood cell counts soared from .3 to a whopping 1.6! That's a huge comeback in 24 hours. Normal white counts are between 4.0 - 11.0. With this being day 10 past my transplant, I'm supposed to be on the rise slowly with my counts. So a huge jump like this wasn't exactly expected by us. One of the secondary doctors who sees me on a daily basis told me this morning that if I continue to do well, I could be going home early next week! We were very excited about that. But at the same time, I don't want to leave here until I have high enough counts so my risk of getting sick is minimized.
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Friday, May 29, 2009
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After getting two units of blood last night, Katie and I received some very good news. My white blood cell counts soared from .3 to a whopping 1.6! That's a huge comeback in 24 hours. Normal white counts are between 4.0 - 11.0. With this being day 10 past my transplant, I'm supposed to be on the rise slowly with my counts. So a huge jump like this wasn't exactly expected by us. One of the secondary doctors who sees me on a daily basis told me this morning that if I continue to do well, I could be going home early next week! We were very excited about that. But at the same time, I don't want to leave here until I have high enough counts so my risk of getting sick is minimized.
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That is sooooooo awesome!! I bet you would run around the floor if you had enough energy! You could always sit in your bed and do the "cabbage patch" move. Hey if you do, have someone tape it. I would love to see that!!!!!
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AnonymousMay 29, 2009 at 10:19 PMJonathon we started a 30 day prayer for different people and your name was submitted. We give all praises to God for the miracle he has performed in your body.
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That is great news!!
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Keep up the faith my man, as you see you got a lot of folks pulling for you.
I am not sure if you have found this yet but you can listen to the new DMB album online at http://www.pandora.com/davematthewsband
That may entertain you for awhile.
Yeah, I saw they were coming out with a new album. I'm anxious to hear it. Although I wasn't real crazy about their last studio album.
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Praise the Lord!!! Our prayers continue to be answered.
ReplyDeleteThat is sooooooo awesome!! I bet you would run around the floor if you had enough energy! You could always sit in your bed and do the "cabbage patch" move. Hey if you do, have someone tape it. I would love to see that!!!!!
ReplyDeleteJonathon we started a 30 day prayer for different people and your name was submitted. We give all praises to God for the miracle he has performed in your body.
ReplyDeleteThat is great news!!
ReplyDeleteKeep up the faith my man, as you see you got a lot of folks pulling for you.
I am not sure if you have found this yet but you can listen to the new DMB album online at http://www.pandora.com/davematthewsband
That may entertain you for awhile.
Yeah, I saw they were coming out with a new album. I'm anxious to hear it. Although I wasn't real crazy about their last studio album.
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