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Another miserable day, in more ways than one

It's not bad enough Edie was diagnosed with multiple myeloma 5 years after my diagnosis with lymphoma, has already undergone radiation treatment [twice], several different chemotherapy iterations, and a stem cell transplant (while I have had no treatments or major symptoms), today she's going for here 2nd blood transfusion in just 3 weeks.

She had to go for the first transfusion about 3 weeks ago, after taking a round of Melphalan, which did a job on her immune system, dropping her hemoglobin and platelets to [I assume] dangerously low levels. (Why else would the doctor order a transfusion?)

Her counts did initially recover after the first transfusion, but unfortunately the results of her latest blood test (yesterday) indicated a drop in hemoglobin back down to 7.5 g/dL, the same level they were just before the first transfusion. Her platelets managed to increase from 27 thou/mcL to 55 thou/mcL, but that's not much consolation, as that is still pretty freakin' low, and is more likely related simply to test variation than anything else.

So off she went to her 8 AM appointment with the infusion center for 8 hours of fun and relaxation [NOT!], while I stay at home trying to stay dry. And yes it is raining again!

I know I've said before, until you've walked in the shoes of another, there's no way you can ever know how you would respond in any particular situation. I still believe that to be indisputable, but I am pretty sure of one thing, I doubt I would be handling this entire situation as well as Edie. Heck, I'm having enough trouble just dealing with Edie having to go through this ordeal.
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