I'm heading back to
hospital again. Just an overnight stay for another blood
transfusion. It seems that the surviving cells from my old immune system
ate still around, and still working - and part of what they're doing is fighting
the friendly orange strangers with purple hats!
My platelets (for
blood clotting etc) are back in normal range, the counts for the various white
cells (for fighting infections etc) are heading back to normal levels - and
certainly out of the dangerous zones. But my red cells are taking a long time to
get back to normal. According to the doctors I will probably continue to
need monthly transfusions for the next year. While I was aware of this in
the back of my mind I'd been discounting it. Everything else has been
going so well that I'd subconsciously assumed that I'd sail through this part of
the recovery on fast-forward as well.
Ah well.
Back on line on
Monday. and at least I'll be out on Sunday for Kira's birthday
party. 4017 days old and counting....
