Well so far the plasmapheresis has dropped the creatinine to 5 (it was as high as 6.1), and they want to do it 3 more times, Monday, Wednesday and Friday. So it looks like Edie won’t be getting out of the hospital until this Friday, at the earliest, and that’s assuming there are no more complications.
The bad news is Edie’s platelet count has dropped to 126K, which now brings in the concern of the “fill in” oncologist, that bleeding could be a problem (since one of the side effects of Velcade is Thrombocytopenia), should Edie have a stroke during plasmapheresis. Of course the likelihood of that occurring is minimal, but it does give at least some pause for some concern.
Edie has no plasmapheresis scheduled today, so we’ll see what happens to the platelets tomorrow.
I still don’t like this “fill in” oncologist (she’s just way to arrogant), and my instincts tell me we need to resume the Velcade, but I’m a metallurgist, not a hematologist, so are my instincts worth considering?
I just don’t know anything anymore.
I think your instincts are worth considering considering the time you have spent researching Edie’s condition and the lack of cooperation from the on-call oncologist.
Are you still going to see if you doctor will step in?
I hope somebody steps up and gets her the help she needs.
I can’t fathom the frustration you both must be experiencing.
Let alone other “stuff”.