Day 26 Monday

Dad had blood work done today and FINALLY his platelets are up!! He was looking for the 50 mark on the platelets and today it was 70!! So the catheter will come out on Wed. ...with the procedure being done at the Med Center. He is really looking forward to getting that out.

All his other blood counts have also finally taken an upward swing. White blood cells went from 2.3 to 2.97 (normal is 4-11), red blood cells went from 3.6 to 3.8 (normal is 4.3-5.9), hemoglobin went from 11.3 to 11.5 (normal is 13.3-17.3) and platelets from 46 to 70 (normal is 150-400). This upward swing is no surprise...on Saturday Dad said he felt better than he has since the transplant process started.

We got home and took a nice walk. I'll let you know how the procedure to remove the catheter goes on Wed. afternoon.