Nancy White drove me to my blood draw appointment at the University of Colorado Hospital. We used Valet Parking and they got a wheelchair for me so we could make it up the the BIC area for my blood draw. My vital signs were fine, although my systolic blood pressure was only 104 or something like that. Dana Godec, RN came down to talk to me and said she discuss my dizziness with the Transplant Nurse Practitioners and the Transplant Pharmacist. Later, word came down that they thought it was due to the chemotherapy and just to be careful with ambulating.
My Trifusion Hickman Catheter would not give any blood out any of the 3 ports. So, Nurse Sarah had to put Cathflo in each of the 3 ports and wait one hour for it to work. In the meantime, Sarah drew my blood out of arm for the tests.
My blood came back fine. I'm still anemic, but I always have been since diagnosis. My platelets are a tad low but I'm taking Fragmin anti-clotting injections daily, and my white blood cell count is high because I'm taking Neupogen bone marrow stimulating injections daily.
Nurse Sarah flushed my TriFusion Hickman Catheter and it worked fine after the CathFlo (alteplase).
Nancy White drove me home - I think we left the hospital around 2 PM. Thank you Nancy!
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