My new baby stem cells are up to 0.5 this morning at 4 AM September 25 2011. I had a good night and slept with the aid of Ativan and Percocet. My platelets are low at 46, but not low enough for a platelet transfusion (they transfuse for anything below 20), and my hemoglobin is low at 9.8, but not low enough for a blood transfusion (they transfuse for anything below 8).
So, it looks like Jani won the baby stem cell pool with her guess of 0.5 on September 25 2011. My white blood cell count at 0.5 is still too low to calculate an absolute neutrophil count on which is the gold standard value for being discharged from the hospital after a stem cell transplant. My absolute neutrophil count (ANC) will have to be 0.5 for 3 consecutive days before I can be discharged to the Timbers Hotel near the hospital.
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