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Sunday, November 13, 2011

Things I Never Wanted to Know aboutj Platelets.

They can fall from 22,000 to less than 5000 in 48 hours

Despite a ton of Benadryl, Hydrocortizone and Tylenol they can cause aniphylaxic shock in seconds.

The Hem/Onc staff can give Epinephrine in a moment's notice.

If your child stabilizes and does not get too wheezy they get to come home and go to bed.

She has to have 50,000 to do her procedure on Wednesday, so we will try again tomorrow. 

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I am working on the one day at a time mindset. That is the best solace I can come up with.
Love and hugs.
Roslyn