Today was a day of highs and lows: my mother's blood rose up to 8.4 from 7.5. She will have gone close to three weeks without blood now. Very excited! But, I found out her neutrophils went down to 200, which has never been the case in all these months she's had aplastic anemia (platelets are still very low, as usual). I am not sure what is going on, as her neutrophils were averaging 1000 for 4 months with a steady drop down to 500-600 (for a month). Nothing else to report! Not sure what is going on. Everything is normal in her blood report.
The only comfort I have is that is just a one-time reading. The doctor isn't that concerned unless they remain under 300 or so for weeks. Who knows? Hopefully, they'll go back up to 500 by next week. Her doctor also said that 500 and over is okay, provided other aspects of the immune system are working well. There is more to the immune system than just neutrophils.
All so bizarre...
