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Just got back from the ER
With a platelet count of 25,000 (healthy levels are 150-400,000), I’ve been having serious bruising and nosebleeds lately. Tonight, I called the liver coordinator on call at the Clinic and she said...
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Home!
Well friends, I finally made it onto oral antibiotics (praise God!) and my WBC level increased so I was discharged on Saturday. I was excited to get out, and I was thankful I didn’t have to have a port...
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Recovery
Okay, I realize this is a little late, and I apologize. I had my splenectomy Friday, was discharged from the hospital Wednesday, and today is now Friday again, and this is the first post-surgery update...
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Another Update
Once again, I’m a little late on an update! I’m all healed from my massive splenectomy! My 40 staples are out, my incision is healed, and other than fatigue and sore (cut) abdominal muscles, I think...
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Stent Images + Update
Here are the scans my doctor took during the surgery. The first is my liver and the portal vein connecting with the left renal vein before they inserted the stent, and the second is my liver/veins...
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Good, good news!!
Just wanted to check in really quickly and say that thanks to the prayers of you and so many others, I had so many awesome reports with my doctors today! My labs are nearly perfect. For the first time...
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