I have developed a bladder infection. It has been coming on for a while but I hated to give into it until I had no choice because of the bleeding. They now have me on Levaquin and I am sure that will take care of it. They told me if the bleeding persisted, I was to come back in for more testing. They think it is because of my low platelet count and with the infection, it is compounding the problem. My platelets were 9 but my hemoglobin was 10.6 so I was pleased with that. I will get platelets in the morning and hope that will help the situation. Dr. Page has ordered 6 units of platelets and I have never taken less than 10 so the hospital called him when I was there for cross typing. He said he wanted the 6 and it seems he is going to change up the amounts I receive to try and make my body accept it all better. Kind of like trying to fool my system with different amounts so it will not be as likely to reject the transfusions and create antibodies against them.

It seems like my body tries to think up things for me to deal with but I have great doctors who continue to help me.