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We are back home from the doctor. The news is mixed. They like how well she is doing overall, but there is some concern as all of her blood counts have dropped significantly. Everything is way down as if one fell off a cliff. They think the antibiotic is starting to suppress her bone marrow and causing the huge drops. Suppressing her bone marrow would be disastrous so they are changing her to a different antibiotic.

If  her counts continue to drop next week they will have to do a blood transfusion. One hopes that does not need to be done.One hopes that by stopping the antibiotic now, Sandi won't get worse and next week will be at this same level before starting the climb back upwards.

The only blood work count increase was the cumidin which is now 2.3.

As to the pain in her hips and legs---the belief is this is minor inflammation and nothing serious. Tylenol is the preferred method of treatment for now and monitoring. This pain deal does happen frequently and the thinking is that this is NOT the sign of something major happening. It may also be tied into the fall of all her blood counts too.

For now, keep doing what you are doing and don't overdo is the mantra. Same time next week......