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BMA RESULTS ARE IN!!!
WOW! RESULTS ARE BACK AND THE DOCTORS ARE BEYOND IMPRESSED! HYPOCELLULAR NUMBERS ARE DOUBLE FROM LAST YEARS BONE MARROW ASPIRATION ALONG WITH NUTRAPENIA. WHAT DOES ALL OF THIS MEAN???
WELL- THE DOCTORS COULD NOT BELIEVE HOW WELL THE RESULTS WERE FROM THE BMA OR THE BLOOD DRAW WE HAD YESTERDAY. TREVOR’S PLATELET COUNT IS UP TO [...]
GOOD BMA
WELL- WE HAD THE BONE MARROW ASPIRATION PROCEDURE LAST FRIDAY. TREVOR WAS A TROOPER, AND ONLY A BIT SORE COMING OUT OF THE MEDS. ONE TYLENOL AND HE WAS AS GOOD AS NEW. A BIT SORE ON SATURDAY BUT THAT SEEMS TO BE PAR FOR THE COURSE AS HE IS USUALLY SORE THE DAY AFTER. NOTHING [...]
3 YEARS AGO TODAY!
WOW! ALREADY 3 YEARS HAVE PAST. TODAY- 3 YEARS AGO, WE WERE INFORMED OUR SON HAD IDIO-PATHIC APLASTIC ANEMIA. MANY HOSPITAL VISITS, STAYS, BLOOD AND PLATELET TRANSFUSIONS AND TREATMENTS LATER, HERE WE ARE. LOOKING AT TREVOR ONE WOULD NEVER GUESS ALL HE HAS BEEN THROUGH WITH THE TWICE MONTHLY BLOOD DRAWS, HIS COUNTLESS HOURS OF [...]
SUMMER IS WINDING DOWN!
WELL- WHAT AN AWESOME SUMMER WE HAVE HAD. TOO FAST, NEVER SEEMS TO BE ENOUGH TIME OR MONEY TO DO WHAT WE REALLY WANT TO DO BUT DID ENJOY IT! THE BOYS WERE AMAZING! TREVOR, AFTER PLAYING FOR THE BONE MARROW FOUNDATION IN JUNE, HAS DECIDED TO HANG UP HIS GLOVE AND BAT. HE DECIDED [...]
SUMMER NUMBERS UP AGAIN!
TREVOR NEVER CEASES TO AMAZE US! HIS NUMBERS CONTINUE TO RISE AT AN ALL NEW HIGH OF 135K FOR HIS PLATELET COUNT! 150K IS THE AVERAGE LOW NUMBER FOR EVERYONE SO TREVOR IS ONLY 15K AWAY FROM BEING IN THE NORMAL RANGE! WHAT A GREAT WAY TO WIND DOWN OUR SUMMER! HE SEEMS ENERGETIC, EAGER TO [...]
NUMBERS ARE UP!
WELL- THE DOCTOR WANTED A BLOOD DRAW THIS WEEK TO SEE IF TREVOR WAS GOING TO BE OKAY OR WHAT OUR NEXT COURSE OF ACTION WOULD BE. WELL- HIS NUMBERS ARE EXCEPTIONAL! HIS PLATELET COUNT IS AT AN ALL TIME HIGH OF 126K AND HIS A.N.C. WENT FROM 750 TO 1750! NEEDLESS TO SAY-WE ARE [...]
HAPPY SUMMER EVERYONE!!!
WELL- SUMMER IS OFFICIALLY HERE FOR US AND WE HAVE YET TO GET SOME SUN IN THE AM. TYPICAL JUNE GLOOM UNTIL LUNCH TIME.
WE HAVE BEEN VERY BUSY WITH ALL-STARS FOR TREVOR, THEY JUST GOT KNOCKED OUT WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
WE DID A BLOOD DRAW WEDNESDAY AND TREVOR’S ANC WENT FROM 3K DOWN TO 751. THE [...]
May update
WELL, IT HAS BEEN QUITE A WHILE SINCE MY LAST UPDATE. I APOLOGIZE. TREVOR FOUGHT A CASE OF THE STOMACH FLU, WE HAD FUN TELLING PEOPLE WE WEREN’T SURE IF IT WAS THE SWINE FLU OR NOT, WE DIDN’T WANT TO GET HIM TESTED. HE IS FINE AND SO IS EVERYONE ELSE. I HAVE A [...]
BLOOD NUMBERS AGAIN
WELL-WE HAVE HAD 2 BLOOD DRAWS SINCE MY LAST ENTRY. TREVOR’S NUMBERS WENT UP 10% THE FIRST DRAW AND STAYED PRETTY MUCH EVEN AT YESTERDAYS DRAW. HIS TOTAL NUMBERS ARE DOING BETTER AND HIS PLATELET COUNT IS UP TO 108K. HE WASN’T FEELING WELL YESTERDAY AND WAS FIGHTING A BAD HEADACHE SO WE WERE WORRIED [...]
NUMBERS DIP DOWN
WELL- THE PAST 3 BLOOD DRAWS CONTINUE TO SHOW TREVOR’S PLATELET COUINT DROPPING SLIGHTLY. TODAY WE ARE AT 100K FROM A HIGH OF 117K. THE REST OF TREVOR’S NUMBERS CONTINUE TO STAY IN THE NORMAL RANGE, IT IS ONLY THE PLATELET COUNT WE ARE HAVING DIFFICULTY WITH. HIS MEDS HAVE BEEN LOWERED TO 100MG 2 [...]