Olivia has been fever free for a few days now. She is still coughing but other than that, she is active and playful. Her ANC continues to go up. It was 80 when she was admitted, went up to 136 and 200 yesterday.
Last night was one of the scariest night we've ever had. Olivia woke up at 4 am and asked to blow her nose. Before I even got the tissue, she started crying. I turned around to see her drenched in blood. Her nose was bleeding profusely, her mouth overflowing with blood. It was pretty traumatic. She was not coughing nor blowing/picking her nose for it to cause the bleeding. The doctors and nurses came in to help right away. One of the resident doctors wanted to transfuse with platelets immediately but the oncologist wanted to have CBC done first. Interestingly, all blood counts came back good and were even better than the other day. They even did another test to see how long it woult take for her platelets to clot. I learned that even though platelets are normal, if it takes longer than normal for it to clot then there's a problem. That test came back good too. Platelets were normal and so they didn't have to transfuse. We were all just surprised why she would bleed so much if her platelets were good. It was a LOT of blood. The bleeding went on from both nose and mouth for about 20 mins non stop. I'm glad this happened here than at home or I wouldn't know what to do.
Yesterday we were told Olivia might be able to come home today if her ANC continues to go up. We are still waiting for today's results.
With what happened last night, I'm not sure if doctors would want to do tests and we would have to stay here longer. It is very dry here in the hospital which I think is the culprit for the nose bleed. But what still baffles me is why she would bleed so much.
Will post updates later.
No comments:
Post a Comment