Today, his orthostatic blood pressure and pulse were fine; no IV fluids were needed, but he did need a blood transfusion because his Hemogloblin at 8.5, below the 9.0 outpatient threshold level.
The rest of his counts were steady but still below normal. Whites: 2,610; ANCs (neutrophils) 2,050; and his platlets are at 19,000.
It took about half of the day to get through this appointment. Blood work, and blood typing and matching alone took hours. This is an important step, because the blood he receives for transfusion has to be screened so that it doesn't interfere with any of Todd's antibodies.
He received two units of blood and someone from pulmonary came down and gave him his breathing treatment of Panti.
Before we left for the day, the bone marrow transplant scheduling department had scheduled his X-Ray immediately following his transfusions today and the MRI for October 21, 2014.
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