Re: *VON* Blood Test ???/

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Hi Barb,

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Whatever it takes, I'm gonna try

Whatever it takes, day or night

I'll climb up that mountain

I'll touch the sky

Everything all in one day

Whatever it takes

I drive around with this playing on in my car on repeat because I like

the message.

The rest of the song isn't as good as the chorus

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Reguarding the blood tests. The granulocyte count is lower than

average but perhaps not reason to do anything different. If the GR#

drops below 0.5K then the risk of infection becomes a lot higher. 1.1K

is below average but not in a critical range. His transplant team

could tell you if this were a concern.

The lyphocyte count is normal but the percentage is skewed because

there are fewer granulocytes and probably doesn't mean anything

The RDW is a measure of the variability in size of the RBCs. It would

be expected in Ken's situation where there would be big new RBC fresh

from the bone marrow. It probably doesn't mean anything.

The low Hb and HCT is important. With his blood thinned he is

probably loosing blood faster than his bone marrow is making it.

You should certianly talk to the transplant team about his iron levels

and stomach protection and protimes --but I'll bet you are already on

top of this.

Wishing you and Ken the best.

Von

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> -----Original Message-----

> The GR% is the percentage of granulocytes out of all the white blood

> cells. I think that typically they run 70% +/- 10.

>

> GR% " normal " at our lab is 48.9-69.9 - Ken's is 24.8

> GR # " normal " at our lab is 1.5-6.7 - Ken's is 1.1

> His RBC 3.02, HGB 8.7, HCT 26.5, were all low as well.

>

> His RDW 15.5, Lymph% 58.9, and MD% 16.3 were all high.

>

> Any ideas?

>

> Barb in Texas - Together in the Fight, Whatever it Takes!

> Son Ken (33) UC 91 - PSC 99 - Tx 6/21 & 6/30/07 @ Baylor in Dallas

>