Christmas Eve..
May the joy of this wondrous Season overwhelm you, who read this.....
Quite a week around here...
Took a spill Monday night, which triggered a trip to my doc on Tuesday morning..
Draw blood and check.....slow day in the lab, so the results came back after we had gone home..
phone: "Come back to MGH emergency room, your platelet count is so low we're afraid of cranial hemorrhage"....
Tuesday from 3 until 8:30 in the MGH ER having more blood drawn..having CAT scan of my head....waiting..waiting ...waiting
..how do people work in these places, day after day and still wear a smile.....
... and still care...?
CAT scan says okay....blood tests say "platelets are still low"...come back tomorrow for a recheck..
wednesday into MGH for another blood draw....another lab test...
..platelets are even lower; ......oops....
come back tomorrow for another test..
Thursday into MGH...blood draw (starting to get sore there)..
good news.. platelet count is marginally higher....
come back tomorrow for a recheck...
Here we are on Christmas Eve in the infusion center at Yawkie (MGH cancer Center).. port access...
blood draw and wait for results...an hour goes by and they return to take another blood draw because the count is so low that it is: "silly".....
..three hours later...platelet count is still really low, but appears to be increasing slowly...good enough to go home........
"See you on Monday for your infusion........"
Thank you everyone at MGH and the Yawkie for caring about me and my platelet count and for being there on Christmas Eve to pamper me as best you can...
Thank you, and Merry Christmas....
People love you Gail. You make them realize their job is worth it.
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