The Plan

Today was a much better day than yesterday. The blood transfusions from last night lasted into the morning, and Nonnie had a reaction to the last of 4 units of blood. She had a fever that did not break until the afternoon. They had to wait to give the platelets because the fever would have "eaten" them up. She had received the last bag of directed platelets by 6:30 tonight.

Nonnie got a really sweet roommate named Every last night. She was an older woman who spent most of the night praying with Nonnie! Papa and Lisa spent the day at RCH and they had a meeting with Dr. Gill regarding "the plan". During the meeting, there were several groups of friends that stopped by for a visit.

At this point, Nonnie is considered stable, even though her hemoglobin levels are low. The platelets counts from last night went from 65,000 to 20,000 which is considered "refracted" (did not hold). We have not heard the latest platelet count this evening. Once a bed is available, Nonnie will be transported to UCLA either tonight or in the morning. She will remain there for an unknown period of time until she gets strong again.