Last Wednesday I had my counts taken and my platelets showed to be 32,000 per microliter and that was encouraging but they wanted to take the counts again on Friday. In less than 48 hours, my numbers had dropped to 12,000 per microliter. I was told to go to the hospital and they would have them ready for me at 8:00 on Saturday morning. I said I had a meeting in Dallas on Saturday and requested they be given on Monday. They said that would not be possible because the risk was too great to wait over the weekend. Back to the hospital on Saturday morning for 10 units of platelets. The normal life of platelets is about five to seven days and this decreases when I am not making my own platelets and receiving them from someone else to about three to five days. Again, thanks to those dear souls who gave the platelets.

Went to dialysis today, as usual, the rest of the day has been one of resting and knowing that tomorrow will be better. It is hot here and that takes a toll on me but as long as I stay out of the sun, I do o.k.